Thomas Partey made his Arsenal debut - but we left the Etihad empty-handed.
Raheem Sterling scored the only goal of the game after Bernd Leno had parried a shot from Phil Foden at the end of a swift counter-attack.
Bukayo Saka went closest to an equaliser, forcing two fine stops from Ederson. The Man City goalkeeper also denied Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
You can watch a short highlights clip of the game by clicking on the video above.
Extended highlights and the full match replay are available below.
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