Goals! Goals! Goals!

 

City have gone goal crazy in December!  An excellent performance away to European champions Bayern Munich produced a 3 - 2 win, all the more amazing because City were under strength.  A few days later City produced another amazing result against league leaders Arsenal, a 6 - 3 win against the most solid defence in the Premier League. City have been drawn against Barcelona in the next round of the Champions League. I never thought I'd see the day when Barcelona would 'fear' playing against City as reported in the Spanish media!

City's 1975 victory at Highbury

The last time Manchester City managed to secure a league win away at Arsenal was almost 38 years ago.  On October 4, 1975 Tony Book's visitors held a three-goal lead, but almost threw it away as Arsenal fought back. Goals from Hartford, Royle and Marsh put City 3 - 0 up, then Ball and Copley for Arsenal reduced the deficit to one goal.

 

That season City went on to win the League Cup at Wembley, beating Newcastle 2-1 in the final. But Arsenal finished a dismal 17th – their lowest finish since 1925.