Arsenal keep pressure on Spurs

Thursday, 04, May 2006 10:00

Jose Antonio Reyes came off the bench to score twice as Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-1.

Arsenal move to within one point of Tottenham Hotspur going into the final game of the season on Sunday.

They started marginally better than City at Eastlands but both sides were lacklustre in a scrappy first half.

The away side took the lead when Thierry Henry wriggled and spun past three City defenders and found Freddie Ljungberg.

Arsenal's misfiring Swede has not scored in the league all season but he brought the ball down well and fired the ball into the far corner of the net with a fine left foot finish.

It looked as though the Gunners would go in 1-0 up at the interval, but they fell asleep at a corner and David Sommeil was able to score from a goal mouth scramble.

After the interval Arsenal came out a completely different side and once Cesc Fabregas had replaced the ineffective Alex Song the away side appeared certain to get the winning goal.

They left it late but Reyes turned in Emmanuel Eboue's excellent cut back. David James got a hand to the shot but it squirmed into the net to make it 2-1.

The Gunners then looked shaky as they were forced to defend their lead but Reyes struck again to end the contest. Henry broke down the left and the Spaniard kept his composure to curl the ball perfectly into the top corner.