Sport 11-09-2002 Gunners On Brink Of Breaking 64-Year Record who: Manchester City what: Lose 2-1 to Arsenal where: Highbury, LONDON when: Last night snippet: Arsenal leapfrogged Tottenham to the top of the Premiership and equalled another record last night, says The Guardian after the Gunners notched up a 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Highbury, scoring against their opposition for the 44th consecutive top-flight game and matching the record set by City in 1937. Sylvain Wiltord and Thierry Henry scored in the first half, but Arsenal didn`t have it all their own way. "Nicolas Anelka lived up to his billing," says Alyson Rudd in The Times, "and looked worth the £13 million paid by City to Paris Saint-Germain when he equalised for his new club against the one that once made £22 million by offloading him." "Spell-binding throughout, the game was a thrilling advertisement for the strengths of both sides," says The Telegraph`s Henry Winter, "notably their attacking brio, and also City`s great weakness - a defence which simply begs to be attacked." [... more]

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