The Gunners were deservedly beaten at the Etihad Stadium as Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick
arsenal Laurent Koscielny offered hope of a result for Arsenal after cancelling out Aguero's opener, which came just 50 seconds into the game
But the Argentine forward struck again to settle some nerves before half-time and delivered a killer third on the hour
Unai Emery's side showed flashes of their threat but their defensive deficiencies were exposed
The north London club have now conceded 36 goals in 25 games, more than any other club in the Premier League's top eight
But while Arsenal's back-line has received plenty of criticism this season, former Tottenham hero Chris Waddle pinpointed the lack effort from the front and felt that Aubameyang and Lacazette did not do enough to close down City's defence
The pair have contributed a combined 29 goals and 12 assists across all competitions this season but Waddle insists they served as a poor example to their team-mates because they did not press
He said on BBC Radio 5Live: "In the second half Arsenal were so poor but it starts at the front
"It doesn't matter how good you are, how much you cost, what your name is, you've got to work hard and the two strikers, for me, didn't give Arsenal a chance in the second half and the other players much have thought, 'How can we get up the field? The front two are not chasing
' "What more could they do? Chase people down! "When you're a striker, if you run to somebody, what Aguero does, he runs to you, you have to pass the ball, so you go back to the goalie then he runs on the goalie, cuts the line off to the defender who has passed it back
"But that gives the signal for the wingers, [Raheem] Sterling, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, to think, 'I'm going to go with you' and then all of a sudden they get the ball back
"You're not telling me Aubameyang and Lacazette can't run! Why? Is there something wrong with them? "Does it say in their contracts you don't run at defenders? "Poor
Very poor. And I can't believe he left them both on. He should have at least took one of them off and if they say, 'Why did you take me off?' because you don't run
Simple." Arsenal boss Emery admitted: "They showed their superiority. Some duels we lost
Some players were good. We have young players playing their first years in the Premier League and they can improve a lot
"For example, I'm very happy with the match played by Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira
They also need time, to improve and to take confidence and experience for the future here
"With this result it's not easy to say that, but we can look at some positive things today in our players
"At the moment, last week, we were with Chelsea and Manchester United to fight for the position in the top four
"Today we lost and we are three and two points behind them. The difference, for example, with City, Liverpool also is big
Tottenham, also, is keeping a lot of regularity in a lot of matches. "Our situation now is we need to think game by game, keep our regularity and consistency in 38 matches
Today we lost but it's normal, they showed their superiority. "The next match for us is very important, against Huddersfield next week
This is the match where we can take the regularity to be in the position we want
We know it's difficult, we need time also. We must be self-demanding for finding that
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