Manchester City v Arsenal: five things we learned | Daniel Taylor

Manchester City showed that they can handle pressure while Arsenal have clearly improved since their last trip to Manchester1) Manchester City made their pointNobody should question their nerve. Losing to Chelsea had been enough for Alan Hansen to talk on Match of the Day of a set of players that were going through their "blip." Roberto Mancini's team played as though affronted by the suggestion that they might be showing the first signs of strain. They did not reach their most exhilarating levels, Samir Nasri's man-of-the-match award seemed generous in the extreme and they found Arsenal difficult opponents, but they still managed to control ...