Ozil is the main man

MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini says his side shouldn’t have lost at Arsenal.

Mesut Ozil was the Gunners’ ringmaster in their 2–1 triumph over their Premier League title rivals, setting up first–half goals for Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud and presenting Aaron Ramsey with a superb chance after the interval.

City rallied in the latter stages with Yaya Toure clawing back a superb 82nd-minute goal, but it wasn’t enough.

Arsenal now trail leaders Leicester by only two points and have opened up a four–point lead over City in third place.

“It’s not a significant defeat because we have to play for many more points, but of course it was important to try to win,” said Pellegrini. “I think we didn’t deserve to lose I think we did better than Arsenal, we had more possession, more attempts, more shots at target. Unfortunately we made an important mistake for their second goal.”