Arsenal celebrated in the North London derby, Manchester City responded immediately at the "City Ground" - the super race for the English crown continues even after the 35th round of the Premier League.
The "citizens" did not play spectacular football, but they managed to get three important new points - Pep Guardiola's team defeated Nottingham Forest (2:0) with goals from Joško Guardiola and Erling Haaland.
City thus remains the virtual leader because in addition to the match less, they have only one point less than Arsenal, who defeated Tottenham away from home earlier today (3:2).
If the famous Guardiola actions did not pass in the first part, Guardiola was there for everything ended with a bare head after a corner - the assistant was Kevin de Bruyne.
Nottingham opened the second half better, Chris Wood and Murillo had great chances, the "citizens" on the other side were without a shot on goal during the first fifteen minutes, and then in the 62nd minute Haaland returned to the field...
Just nine minutes later the unreal Norwegian scored for 2:0 and put an end to the game - the assistant was again maestro De Bruyne.
For the City midfielder, it was 15 assists in all competitions in the 21 games he played this season - no player in the Premier League has set up more goals, the closest being Arsenal's Bukayo Saka with 14 assists in 45 matches.
At the same time, De Bruyne had two or more assists in a Premier League match for the 18th time - the most of all.
City and Arsenal continue to entertain the Island, Liverpool have lost their pace lately with setbacks.
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