Video: Delicious Tierney assist sees Bukayo Saka sweep Arsenal into a deserved lead against Man City
The way that Arsenal started the game against Man City at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday lunchtime, it was only a matter of time before the Gunners went ahead.
When they eventually did so, it was a goal of the highest quality.
Though he wasn’t on the bench because of self-isolation guidelines surrounding another positive Covid diagnosis, Mikel Arteta will have been delighted with the speed and efficiency of the attack which led to Arsenal’s opener.
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When the ball made it’s way to a marauding Kieran Tierney, he wasted no time in sending a sumptuous cross right into the path of Bukayo Saka who sent the home crowd wild with a first-time finish.
Bukayo Saka with a perfectly placed first-time shot ?
Arsenal made a great start against City and it’s their number seven who gets the goal! pic.twitter.com/OHWbeUBOOY
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 1, 2022
What a start to 2022 for Arsenal!
It’s the wonderkid Saka with the goal!
?: @USA_Network #ARSMCI #MyPLMorning pic.twitter.com/IBIkA8rJNr
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) January 1, 2022
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