Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-1 in their Premiership clash at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday. They were leading 2-1 at half time.

The Gunners thus got at the top of the Premiership table but Manchester United could reclaim the top spot with a victory over Tottenham Hotspur later today.

It was also the first league home defeat for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side this season and came from the same side that had also broken their unbeaten start to the campaign.

Arsene Wenger’s side crossed the 50-goal mark in the league today while Emmanuel Adebayor took his league goals tally to 18 and he is just behind United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 19 goals.

Adebayor scored the opener after he was set up by Bacary Sagna in the 10th minute. The Togolese’s shot was half-blocked by Micah Richards, but the England defender couldn’t stop the ball from crossing the goal-line.

Eduardo scored a brilliant goal to double the score in the 26th minute. Gael Clichy sent in a cross from left wing which Adebayor cushioned with a header and saw the Croatian control the assist with a chest touch before smashing the ball home on first-time volley with his back towards Hart’s goal.

Man City immediately got one goal back as Corluka dispossessed Clichy on the right wing and passed to Gelson Fernandes in the box, for the last named to get them on the score-sheet in the 28th minute.

Hart made a good diving save off a header from Adebayor in the 31st minute after Sagna had made an accurate cross. Gunners skipper Gallas came close to getting his angular shot past the City keeper in the 40th minute. City winger Martin Petrov missed the target towards the closing stages of the first half.

Fabregas and Adebayor missed chances in the second half before the Togo striker scored his second goal of the game with a couple of minutes left. The Gunners were comfortable at their own end as City failed to get a worthwhile attack going.

Teams

Man City: Joe Hart, Michael Ball, Vedran Corluka, Richard Dunne, Micah Richards, Blumer Elano, Fernandes Gelson, Dietmar Hamann (Deiberson Geovanni 75), Stephen Ireland (Emile Mpenza 84), Martin Petrov, Daniel Sturridge (Darius Vassell 55).

Substitutes not used: Kasper Schmeichel, Sun Jihai.

Arsenal: Jens Lehmann, Gael Clichy, William Gallas, Bacary Sagna, Philippe Senderos, Vassiriki Diaby, Francesc Fabregas, Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb (Justin Hoyte 89), Emmanuel Adebayor, Da Silva Eduardo.

Substitutes not used: Lukasz Fabianski, Armand Traore, Nicklas Bendtner, Theo Walcott.