Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

Kevin de Bruyne has looked really poor in this first half by his standards.

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Anthony Glenn: Is it confidence to soak up the pressure by Man City, and capitalise on their errors, or good fortune? Either way, if it allows Arsenal to win and Arteta to build the side out in his image for us to be challenging, I'll take it.

MK: City ball movement is too slow. Benefiting Arsenal so far...

Raheem Sterling flicks a scuffed Kevin de Bruyne shot over the bar after a City corner isn't cleared. The England man looked offside there but not sure anything was given.

Vijay Luhan: I love Laporte but he needs to wake up and realise he's in an FA Cup semi final. Sleepwalking through this game.

Francesca Gunn: You can see what City are thinking. They not giving a 100% because they think arsenal are gonna pull an arsenal. But they also don’t really care about this cup, they care more about the CL.

Ziggy: Come on the Arsenal! If we're good enough to win tomorrow I'd far rather we didn't have to face City in the final. Yes, I know it's sacrilege for a United fan to give City kudos, but I don't care. I just want to see the #FACup, external back at OldT.

Arsenal have been excellent since just before the goal. they are moving nicely, finding space and stretching City every time they attack. Again they come down the left and Ainsley Maitland-Niles should do more than smash a cross into Ederson's hands.

They'll kick themselves when they realise Emiliano Martinez could have just launched it to Nicolas Pepe.

18 passes and 10 of 11 players touched the ball in Arsenal's opener.

The Arteta effect?

It's not too much of an exaggeration to suggest that Ederson has kept Manchester City in this.

Another good save from the Brazilian, turning over Shkodran Mustafi's header from a corner.

Granit Xhaka is the latest to test nerves back there, he's got two men on him inside the penalty area but he knows what he's doing, spreading play nicely as Kevin de Bruyne reaches him and starting another Arsenal attack.

Arsenal up to nearly 40% of possession now.

Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

From many Manchester City players it has been very sloppy in the opening 35 mins with regards to their passing.

Pep Guardiola is looking really annoyed and why wouldn't he be.

You associate City with crisp passing and that hasn't been the case so far.

Marc Selby: Arsenal playing like Man City, Man City playing like Arsenal

Shanu Shai Afolami: I am hoping very much Arsenal FC aren't flattering to deceive. Hearts will be broken if they are ...

Good from Arsenal again, Nicolas Pepe popping up on the left this time and flashing in a cross which Ederson does brilliantly to come and claim.

Mikel Arteta is very vocal. 'Get the ball! Get the ball!' he shouts. Someone's done their A licence.

Reilly: Listen to Arteta yelling at Maitland-Niles when he misses the ball or player to get in behind where Tierney is and Tierney to push out so the shape is always the same. How many times does a winger get space because the L/RB is out of position. Improvement.

Joy-LFC: Arsenal actually playing like a proper team once more, a sign of things to come?

It was excellent pressing from the Gunners of course which led to that chance, credit where it's due. Kevin de Bruyne was the guilty man and he looks frustrated right about now. Not having it all his own way out there.

Brilliant, brilliant finish.

It's catching - City now give the ball away in their own area but Ederson does just about enough to clear it up.

Dear oh dear...

There's playing out from the back, and there's playing out form the back - again Arsenal give the ball away within spitting range of their own goal. It's Hector Bellerin this time who plays it straight to Gabriel Jesus. He finds Kevin de Bruyne, whose shot is charged down superbly by Granit Xhaka.

What a tweet that is.

Here come City, Benjamin Mendy gets away from a defender down the left and goes for power with his cross, flashed in low but it's cleared away.

Nii: With a striker like this and who knows where the goal post is, one wonders why Arsenal are debating whether to keep Aubameyang or not. But well the politics and financials of football owners and administrators sometimes baffles me.