A first-half masterclass from Kevin De Bruyne inspired Manchester City to a comfortable victory over a hapless Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola's side moved to within four points of Leicester as the reigning Premier League champions bounced back from a derby day defeat to Manchester United last weekend to coast to a 3-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.
De Bruyne struck after just 89 seconds before teeing up Raheem Sterling and adding the third himself as he moves on to four goals across his last five City appearances.
Arsenal, whose best chance came before De Bruyne's first effort, were second best for the majority of the contest and have now won just one of their last 12 matches in all competitions.
Interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg has taken four points from his first four league games at the helm and the Gunners, who have not won at home since October 24, now sit seven points off the top four and are the same distance clear of the relegation zone.
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Team news and lineups
Arsenal: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Papastathopoulos, Chambers, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Pepe, Ozil, Martinelli, Aubameyang
Subs: Lacazette, Luiz, Nelson, Martinez, Willock, Smith-Rowe, Saka
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy, Gundogan, Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling
Subs: Bravo, Zinchenko, Jose Angelino, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Joao Cancelo, Garcia
Referee: Paul Tierney
Arsenal
Kieran Tierney is expected to be absent for a long period after dislocating his shoulder, while Granit Xhaka is also out because of concussion.
Hector Bellerin withdrew from the side to face West Ham because of a tight hamstring in the warm-up, but may be back, and Shkodran Mustafi is available having been suspended in the Europa League.
Man City
City also rotated in midweek, with Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne both left on the bench for the win over Dinamo Zagreb.
However, Guardiola's centre-half injury crisis grew when John Stones limped out of last weekend's Manchester derby.
Goalkeeper Ederson was a late withdrawal from the starting lineup for the Zagreb win because of illness, but is fit.
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