Five talking points from Man City's victory

City move on

Many wondered whether Guardiola would be able to demand a brilliant performance from his players soon after winning the Carabao Cup.

Manchester City, as they have thus far in the season, stepped up yet again with majestic football. The better start to the match was by Arsenal, who seemed to have greater flair to avenge the defeat they face just a few days ago.

As the game progressed, City showed just why they are on top of the table and deserved winners of the Premier League by ruthlessly converting three out of their four shots on target.

Sane, a constant threat:

Leroy Sane was named man of the match having had a hand in all three goals. Many expected a pacy duel between Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin and City's Sane.

On the field however, there was only one winner, Sane. His contribution to the opener was perhaps the highlight, as he danced through a crowd of defenders on the left flank before teeing up Bernardo Silva.

The German twisted and turned again before finding Sergio Aguero to set up David Silva for the second goal, and he scored the third himself, ghosting into the box to convert Kyle Walker's cut-back following a scintillating counter-attack. Arsenal couldn't handle his pace, movement and skill.

Aguero, a changed player

Sergio Aguero started the game to lead City's attack with Gabriel Jesus on the bench after his return from injury.

Aguero is on 199 goals and has scored each of the last five times he's faced the London club. There was no 200th goal for the Argentine but this was another performance which underlined how he has changed his game to satisfy Guardiola. The Argentine selflessly set up David Silva's goal and he was instrumental in the third too, coming short before flicking the ball around Laurent Koscielny to set the move in motion.

There was a time when I thought he maybe wasn't in Pep Guardiola's plans, but I feel less so now," said Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville in the commentary box.

Fans not interested

The Emirates stadium was not in full capacity. While some believe that it could be because of the poor weather conditions, others believe that the fans are disinterested in the way the management of the club are functioning.

Many seem to demand change, in the way the is being run and also in the manager itself. There were boos at half-time by the home fans who saw their team concede 3 goals by the end of 33 minutes.

Time for a change?

According to Carragher, Arsenal's best hope of salvaging the situation would be to announce a change of manager at the end of the campaign.

"He is a legendary figure not just for Arsenal but in the English game, but they have to change it, it has to be done," he said.

"There's no way that the end of the season should be about going through that, with empty stadiums. Announce now that you're going to change the manager at the start of next season, and I'm sure everyone in this stadium, everyone on TV, on the radio, will say: 'Give this man a send-off'.

"I'd love to see him go out and win the Europa League and put Arsenal in the Champions League. It's not that being in the Champions League next season means Wenger keeps his job or not. For me that's got nothing to do with it. Make the decision now and give this fella a send-off, what he deserves for what he's done over the last 20 years."