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Aaron E. Laurent

Table toppers Manchester City accept Arsenal in match week 16 of the Premier League when the teams clash on Sunday, December 18, 2011.

Man City suffered their first loss in the league season once they transpired 2-1 away at Chelsea, in match week 15. Lampard became an instant hero for the home side when he came off the bench to score the match winner seven minutes before time. The sides were locked at 1-1 after Balotelli's early lead for City was neutralised shortly before the interval on the rear of Raul Meireles'strike. City began explosively with waves of attack in the first half hour to exploit Chelsea's porous defence. It culminated in Balotelli's goal, when Aguero cut in from the proper to relay the ball past Terry to Aguero who in turn passed it to Balotelli to do the rest. At the conclusion of the day, City might have rued their many missed scoring opportunities in the first half when the home side's defence was all at sea, wanting to cope with the marauding City attack. go here

In match week 15, Arsenal registered a 1-0 victory over Everton, in a match hosted by Gunners at the Emirates. Robin Van Persie - who else - scored the sole goal of the overall game to provide Arsenal something to celebrate their 125th anniversary by. Van Persie's spectacular volley on 71 minutes brought relief to home fans who were annoyed by the home side's many missed chances.

Head to head, in the last 10 years, Man City and Arsenal have met in 20 league games, with Arsenal winning on 14 occasions and City on 3, with the remaining games ending in stalemates. The past time these teams met was in January 2011; that match played at the Emirates ended in a goalless stalemate.

Man City have won 8, and drawn and lost 1 each of these last 10 league matches, while Arsenal have identically won 8 and drawn and lost 1 each of these last 10 games. 
Currently at the top of the table, City have hosted 7 home games, this year, winning all 7; the Gunners who're 5th added to the league table have experienced 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, within their 7 away games.

With Chelsea causing City's title bid a mild jolt in match week 15, the Manchester squad will have a place or maybe more to prove against the Gunners whose ramshackle defence could possibly be put to its stiffest test yet. here

Man City's starting eleven against Chelsea: Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Joleon Lescott, Vincent Kompany, Gael Clichy, James Milner, Gnegneri Toure Yaya, Gareth Barry, David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli.

Arsenal's starting eleven against Everton: Wojciech Szczesny, Johan Djourou, Per Metresacker, Laurent Koscielny, Thomas Vermaelen, Mikel Arteta, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey, Yao Gervinho, Robin Van Persie.

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