Manchester City put themselves firmly in the title picture with a convincing 6-3 win over leaders Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. GettyImagesCity's incredible form at home continued against Arsenal. The prolific strikeforce of Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo were again on target while Fernandinho struck twice and David Silva and Yaya Toure also got on the scoresheet. Theo Walcott marked his first start since September with two fine goals to keep Arsenal in contention but Per Mertesacker's late header was mere consolation for a side ultimately well beaten. City, who have now scored 35 goals in their eight home games this season, fully deserved the three points to move within three of the Gunners. • Mangan: Arsenal self-destruct against ruthless City• Brewin: On this form, Prem title is City's
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Carling Cup: Man Utd thrash Leeds, Arsenal win
Manchester United's second-string proved their quality by swatting away Leeds United 3-0 at Elland Road in the Carling Cup third round. GettyImagesRyan Giggs enjoys the moment after a fine solo effort made it 3-0 against Leeds • Carling Cup gallery Sir Alex Ferguson selected an attacking side - with midfielders Antonio Valencia and Michael Carrick in defence - and they found the net on 15 minutes, Park Ji-Sung squaring for Michael Owen to score from 12 yards after Dimitar Berbatov's pass opened up the Leeds defence. And Owen gave Ferguson a reminder of his talents by scoring again on the half hour, rifling in from just outside the area after collecting Mame Diouf's pass. Seconds before half-time the tie was over thanks to a