Hello and welcome to our live coverage from a big game that has just got bigger after Chelsea's defeat to Crystal Palace.

FT Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City.

Fernandinho goes for goal with an absolute thunderbolt but it rises over the bar.

City are hanging on as Arsenal throw everything at them for a dramatic late winner. Will it come?

It's all Arsenal now as Gibbs drives down the left but clips his cross just over the head of the Ox at the far post.

Silva strides forward on the counter-attack but is brought down by Rosicky, who escapes a second yellow card.

Arsenal sub: Sanogo on, Giroud off.

City sub: Negredo on, Dzeko off.

City sub: Javi Garcia on, Nasri off. Nasri is booed off, as you'd expect.

Oxlade-Chamberlain has injected some pace into Arsenal's attacks. This time he motors past Milner but runs out of space and crashes into the advertising hoardings. He's ok, though.

Arsenal sub: Oxlade-Chamberlain on, Podolski off.

Giroud finds space 20 yards out but drags a tame shot hopelessly wide.

Arsenal effectively have 15 minutes to stay in the title race, and Wenger will react by bringing on Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Somehow Arsenal survive as Dzeko rounds Szczesny but cannot get a shot away. Yaya Toure has a go but Arsenal get players back to hack it away.

Podolski gets back to fulfil his defensive duties with a tackle on Zabaleta - the home fans loving that.

Arsenal have a few players warming up now. Time is ripe for a change. Oxlade-Chamberlain, perhaps?

Cazorla puts in a superb free-kick from the right but Giroud glances it well wide.

Arteta lucky to escape a booking for cynical tug on Nasri's shirt.

City have weathered the Arsenal storm and are back on the front foot here. Zabaleta collects Silva's pass but it's just too high for Dzeko.

City sub: Milner on, Navas off.

City try an audacious free kick routine. Nasri clips it back to Silva on the edge of the box, but Silva's goalbound volley hits Yaya Toure. That would have been an outrageous goal.