Rayan Cherki achieves Premier League first as Man City and Arsenal clash in title showdown at Etihad

Manchester City guardant Rayan Cherki has go the archetypal Premier League subordinate to people astatine slightest 10 goals and supply astatine slightest 10 assists successful each competitions.

City faced Arsenal astatine the Etihad connected Sunday successful a crippled that was billed arsenic a rubric decider, and the hosts struck archetypal done Cherki, who danced his mode done the Gunners' defence successful the 15th minute.

The pb did not past agelong though, with Kai Havertz scoring aft a mistake by Gianluigi Donnarumma successful the 18th minute.

While heading into the interval level was not the perfect scenario, it should not beryllium brushed speech that Cherki became the archetypal Premier League subordinate to people astatine slightest 10 goals and registry astatine slightest 10 assists successful each competitions this season.

The Frenchman has present recovered the backmost of the nett 10 times, and helium has provided a further 13 assists, with 4 of those goals and 10 of those assists coming successful the Premier League.

Is Rayan Cherki the quality betwixt Man City and Arsenal?

Cherki took immoderate clip to settee into beingness nether Pep Guardiola, with the attacker uncovering it hard to travel to presumption with the strength and physicality of English football.

However, the 22-year-old is present flourishing successful Manchester, and his onslaught against Arsenal was his 4th extremity engagement successful his past 4 Premier League games.

Guardiola has fixed the guardant a grade of state successful the last third, and possibly the manager's spot successful Chekri could beryllium the quality successful the rubric race.

Arsenal nether Mikel Arteta person often looked blunt successful attack, and City's attacking firepower could springiness them the borderline implicit the remainder of the play if they tin triumph connected Sunday.

Did Pep Guardiola marque the close prime betwixt Florian Wirtz and Cherki?

Man City were wide reported to person held involvement successful Florian Wirtz anterior to his determination to Liverpool successful the summer, but the German has struggled astatine Anfield.

Should Cherki pb City to their seventh Premier League rubric successful 9 seasons, past it is hard to reason that the Citizens made the incorrect prime successful the transportation market.

The 22-year-old besides lone outgo the nine £34m successful the summer, and helium whitethorn beryllium to beryllium 1 of the division's biggest bargains.