This Manchester United season is perfect Twitter-friendly statistical fodder. The latest is that tonight's defeat means the defending champions have now lost six times at home this season - more than in the last three campaigns combined

The rebuilding process at Old Trafford is going to be the biggest sideshow in town this summer.

Tomorrow night sees Liverpool take on Sunderland and West Ham entertain Hull. Big ramifications for the top and bottom of the Premier League table and all of it will be right here.

Bye for now.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger: "It's difficult to swallow because the team gave absolutely everything tonight, their spirit was great. You wonder how we could draw a game like that, they had nothing and in the end it was 2-2.

"Basically, we gave them the two goals but overall the spirit was great and we have to recover from that last goal.

"The spirit was absolutely brilliant and you have to give credit to the players, even if result didn't go our way. At 2-1 we became too conservative because of what happened on Saturday and instead of continuing to attack it worries us more to keep the score."

Mike Wren-Kirkham: , external"People shouldn't question Moyes for losing to Man City, Fergie lost to them 6-1!"

Jonathan Cowley:, external What a time to be a City fan. Never thought I would see us win anything a few years ago, now the sky is the limit

David Arnold: , externalManchester United 21 pts at home this season. Norwich City 24 pts at home this season

Rochdale kept up their promotion push with a 3-0 victory at home to Portsmouth, the result leaves Rochdale two points ahead of second placed Scunthorpe whilst Pompey are dangerously close to the drop zone.

Chesterfield recorded their first win in three matches to extend their lead above Fleetwood to six points

Fleetwood beat Bristol Rovers 3-1 to keep their automatic promotion hopes alive whilst Burton consolidated their place in the play-offs with a 1-0 win at home to Wycombe Wanderers.

Northampton failed to hold on as Wimbledon equalised in the sixth minute of injury time.

League One leaders Wolves held on to record a 4-2 win over Colchester United despite the Essex side scoring twice in the second half.

Rotherham sprang the surprise of the evening beating Brentford 3-0, it was Brentford's fist defeat in six games. Preston kept up the pressure on their play-off rivals with a 3-1 win over Peterborough.

At the bottom of the table Notts County recorded a valuable win over Crewe and Swindon beat Tranmere 2-1, whilst Port Vale conceded five against an in-form Bristol City side.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is facing up to the press and he praises his side's "brilliant spirit" but says that they became "too conservative" after taking a 2-1 lead .

"Sometimes trying to keep the score is not the best way to keep the score," he says.

Burnley kept up their push for automatic promotion with a 2-0 win at home to Doncaster whilst Leicester drew their second game in a week as Yeovil managed to take a point from the King Power stadium.

QPR ended Wigan's 10 match unbeaten run with a 1-0 win, Derby lost 2-1 to Ipswich whilst Reading lost 3-1 at home to Barnsley.

Leeds troubles deepened as they lost 4-1 to Bournemouth meanwhile Charlton boosted their hopes of survival with a 1-0 win over managerless Nottingham Forest.

Matt, Devon: Arsenal seriously missing Ozil, Wilshere, Ramsey, Walcott and Koscielny. But then who wouldn't be?

Mark, Bristol: Interesting set of results for Everton if they're to get that last champions league spot. Arsenal to head to Goodison too.

Neil, Sussex: Could it be that Mourinho's biggest tactical mistake this season was to overestimate United and set up for a draw at Old Trafford. How costly could that be?

Does tonight mark the point that title favouritism swings towards the Etihad Stadium?

Not only have City negotiated their way past their local rivals, but Saturday's trip to Arsenal looks less intimidating with the Gunners in strangely lifeless form.

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Manchester United manager David Moyes speaking to Sky Sports: "We didn't start the game well. They were very good but we grew into the game and up into the second goal we had a fighting chance. But we weren't good enough in the end.

"My first feeling was that Marouane Fellaini's yellow card of a foul on Pablo Zabaleta wasn't even a free-kick, but I genuinely haven't seen it again and people have said to me that it was worse than that.

"I think we have played a very good side, playing at the sort of level we are aspiring to. We need to come up a couple of levels ourselves because at the moment we are not there."

Aamer Iqbal: Remember when winning at Old Trafford used to be a big deal? Will be a banker for top sides in coming years.

Liam Siggers: Moyes has to be held accountable for getting rid of the coaching team. That is the biggest mistake, no continuity. Should go.

Charles Lee: Is it Moyes to blame? Or the players? I think bit of both, but bit more on the players. In truth we were outclassed as a whole

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini speaking to Sky Sports: "We scored three goals and had three or four more good chances to score. I don't remember many chances Manchester United had to score. We started for the three points from the first minute.

"For me it's very important to keep our clean sheet. We know we can score lots of goals. We were very compact and worked completely in attacking and defending.

"It is important in the beginning of the season to have the squad you need. We have to play so many matches, it is very important to have so many strikers, but I am very happy about our defending. We are a very balanced team at the moment."

You can see why Swansea were so peeved to have their game ended with Jonathan de Guzman bearing down on goal. They are five points above the drop, but are giving away games to the three sides below them.

At the top, Everton are stalking down Arsenal and a top-four place. They play the Gunners on Merseyside in April and have a game in hand as well to make up the six points separating the sides.

City keep cashing in their cheques and are now three points off leaders Chelsea with two games in hand.

Aberdeen move a point clear in second place thanks to in-form Adam Rooney's second-half equaliser in a real humdinger against Ross County. The Dons failing to pick up maximum points means Celtic will be crowned Premiership champions if they win at Partick Thistle tomorrow night.

It's looking increasingly bleak for St Mirren's chances of avoiding the play-off spot after a 1-0 loss at home to St Johnstone.

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Swansea boss Garry Monk: "This team goes to the end, I knew that we would have another chance and hopefully take it. They showed that desire and that application."

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Swansea's Leon Britton: "To come away with a point - we're happy with that. We haven't had much luck recently but we had some today. We dug in and got a point."

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"When you get your noses in front you have to see the game out, you have to give credit to Swansea for their fighting spirit. As an Arsenal fan you have to think that they have lost the title tonight.

"I'm sure Swansea would have taken the point before the game but Arsenal should have got more from the game and Arsene Wenger will be disappointed that they haven't got the win that they needed to tonight.

"It's been a great game of football, Arsenal probed and probed after conceding in the first half. They just couldn't find that cutting edge, they started the second half well and got in front but couldn't hold on when they needed to."

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Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko speaking to Sky Sports: "We just wanted to start from the first minute to press them high and score an early goal which we did. Then it was all about us. We scored another two in the second half so we have to be happy.

"This game was very important for us. Now we are only three points behind Chelsea and this can be crucial at the end of the season.

"There are four teams and everyone has a chance. It's still 10 more games so it's everything open."

Damned lies and statistics. The tale of the tape makes it looks like United were unlucky against City. The noisy neighbours had plenty more gears to see off their opponents if they needed them.