Briefly it appeared as though Manchester City were about to plant themselves back in to the middle of the Premier League title race. Maybe not so much now. If we are going to get a late season challenge to Chelsea, it appears it will have to come from Tottenham.
Arsenal’s flame was extinguished long ago. Arsene Wenger’s team have not looked better than a top six team for ages and that description fitted them at a subdued Emirates.
For City, though, this was an opportunity. Chelsea’s defeat 24 hours earlier had not exactly opened the door to a team that fell from the London club’s slipstream a while back.