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Your support makes all the difference.Tonight in the Premier League, Arsenal take on a Manchester City in a crucial Premier League clash.
- The match at the Emirates kicked off at 8pm
- Arsenal are currently in second, five points behind Leicester
- City are in third, a point behind Arsenal
- Petr Cech could set a new Premier League record of clean sheets
- The Gunners' stopper is currently on 169 - level with David James
- TEAMS
- Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Walcott, Ozil, Campbell, Giroud. Subs: Gibbs, Gabriel, Ospina, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chambers, Iwobi, Reine-Adelaide.
- Man City: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Toure, Delph, Silva, Aguero, De Bruyne. Subs: Sterling, Caballero, Bony, Jesus Navas, Clichy, Demichelis, Iheanacho.
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Gunners' manager Arsene Wenger spoke up the importance of the match before kick-off: "It is a massive game. When we play at home, you want to win because we are ambitious and we feel we have the chance to come out in a strong position after Christmas.
"It will be a very tight game because if you look at the numbers since the start of the season, offensively and defensively the numbers are very close.
"Manchester City has huge individual potential with David Silva and Sergio Aguero coming back and so we will need a top, top-level team performance."
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