Thomas Partey made his Arsenal debut – but Arsenal left the Etihad sports stadium with empty-handed.
Raheem Sterling scored the only goal of the game after Bernd Leno had parried a shot from Phil Foden at the end of a swift counter-attack.
Bukayo Saka went closest to an equalizer, forcing two fine stops from Ederson. The Man City goalkeeper also denied Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
“We’re on the right way. Today we lost this game, but next time we have to win and be confident in our play like this” According to the club official website.
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Extended highlights and the full match replay are available below.
