Arsenal triumph against Man. City

English Premier League champions Manchester City received a shocking 2-0 loss against Arsenal in a Matchday 22 game played at Etihad Stadium on Sunday evening.

Visitors Arsenal took the lead when their Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla converted the penalty kick successfully in 24', 1-0.

In 67', Arsenal's French target man Olivier Giroud beat Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart by scoring with a header in the box and made it two for the 'Gunners,' with the assist coming from Cazorla.

In remaining time home team Manchester City looked for overlap to score but they could not succeed.

Despite many injured players such as French right-back Mathieu Debuchy, team captain Mikel Arteta, English central midfielder Jack Wilshere, French midfielder Abou Diaby and English striker Danny Welbeck, North London side Arsenal were victorious at Etihad Stadium.

Meanwhile it seemed that Manchester City lacked several regulars since French midfielder Samir Nasri was out of action due to calf injury and two Ivorian internationals of the team, Yaya Toure and new signing Wilfried Bony did not play as both were on international duty at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

The defeat increased the point margin at the top as leaders Chelsea -- smashing Swansea City 5-0 in Wales on Saturday -- are five points ahead of their closest opponents Manchester City.

On Monday Everton meet West Bromwich Albion at home at the last game of Matchday 22. The match at Goodison Park will kick off at 2000 GMT.

- Matchday 22 results are as follows:

Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Manchester United

Swansea City 0-5 Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sunderland

Leicester City 0-1 Stoke City

Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool

Burnley 2-3 Crystal Palace

Newcastle United 1-2 Southampton

West Ham United 3-0 Hull City

Manchester City 0-2 Arsenal

- Standings in Premier League are as follows:

Rank	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	Chelsea	22	16	4	2	51	19	32	52
2	Manchester City	22	14	5	3	45	22	23	47
3	Southampton	22	13	3	6	37	16	21	42
4	Manchester United	22	11	7	4	36	21	15	40
5	Arsenal	22	11	6	5	39	25	14	39
6	Tottenham Hotspur	22	11	4	7	32	30	2	37
7	West Ham United	22	10	6	6	35	25	10	36
8	Liverpool	22	10	5	7	31	27	4	35
9	Swansea City	22	8	6	8	26	30	-4	30
10	Stoke City	22	8	5	9	23	27	-4	29
11	Newcastle United	22	7	6	9	26	35	-9	27
12	Crystal Palace	22	5	8	9	25	33	-8	23
13	Everton	21	5	7	9	30	34	-4	22
14	Aston Villa	22	5	7	10	11	25	-14	22
15	West Bromwich Albion	21	5	6	10	20	29	-9	21
16	Sunderland	22	3	11	8	19	33	-14	20
17	Burnley	22	4	8	10	21	36	-15	20
18	Hull City	22	4	7	11	20	30	-10	19
19	Queens Park Rangers	22	5	4	13	23	39	-16	19
20	Leicester City	22	4	5	13	20	34	-14	17