Manchester City’s Emannuel Adebayor played sensationally in his first encounter against his former club, Arsenal. City finished with a 4 – 2 win over the Gunners. Arsenal have failed to triumph over both Manchester teams, losing to Manchester United two weeks back.

Both teams had to cope with injuries to key players; Robinho and Carlos Tevez were both ruled out due to ankle and knee injuries, respectively. For Arsenal, Andrei Arshavin had to sit out because of a groin injury he suffered during Russia’s World Cup 2010 qualifier against Wales. Arshavin was sad to miss out this week’s Premier League match but was proud to play for his country.

Micah Richards’  header hit the post and then went in by hitting keeper Manuel Almunia’s head, counting as an own goal. Most of the match was dominated by Arsenal but they failed to make any headway. Dutchman Robin Van Persie scored the equalizer for Arsenal in the 62nd minute. A few minutes later Craig Bellamy once again gave City the lead. Adebayor scored the third goal and sprinted the whole length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans. A chair was shown in his direction as was a yellow card. Shaun Wright-Phillips added to the tally scoring the fourth goal, however, Arsenal did not give up and managed to score a second through Tomas Rosicky(87′). They came close to pulling another goal back with a sweet strike from Van Persie which sadly came back off the goal post.

Other results for the day

Blackburn Rovers    3-1    Wolverhampton Wanderers
Liverpool    4-0    Burnley
Manchester City    4-2    Arsenal
Portsmouth    2-3    Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City    1-2    Chelsea
Sunderland    4-1    Hull City
Wigan Athletic    1-0    West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur    1-3    Manchester United