Arsenal 1 Fabregas
Man City 0
It was a good performance by the Gunners against a Manchester City side that was riding on a wave of new optimism since Sven-Goran Ericsson took over in the summer. With three wins out of three, the travelling City fans could be forgiven for thinking their side would go back to the north with all three points.
As usual, Arsenal would create a number of chances but being an Arsenal fan I am getting used to see them wasted or the opposition goalkeeper having a blinder. In this match it was the case of the latter.
Kasper Schmeichel is on the right track in following the footstep of his father. He has been unbeaten since being called upon by the Swedish coach to fill the post of the injured Andreas Isaksson on the first day of the season.
It seemed set to continue when he saved Robin Van Persie's penalty in the second half. However, like his father he would find that Arsenal would never stop fighting until the last minute of the match.
A wonderful thread ball by the impressive Alex Hleb found Cesc Fabregas unmarked in the box. Despite being rapidly closed down by Micah Richards, the young Spaniard powerful shot was enough to beat the young Dane from an acute angle, for the only goal of the match.
It would be easy to write City as an early season wonder, but they certainly would pose more threat to Arsenal's ambition of a successful Premier League campaign.
Now, I just hope that Arsenal would finish the job they started against Sparta Prague two weeks ago and qualify for the Champions' League group stage before facing Pompey on Sunday.
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