SundayMan Utd 2 - 1 Liverpool Arsenal 0 - 2 Man CitySaturdayQPR 0 - 0 TottenhamAston Villa 0 - 1 Southampton Everton 0 - 0 Swansea Fulham 1 - 1 Wigan Norwich 0 - 0 Newcastle Reading 3 - 2 West Brom Stoke 0 - 4 Chelsea Sunderland 3 - 0 West Ham LONDON: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was thrilled by his side’s first league victory at Arsenal since 1975 but the gloss was slightly taken off by a harsh red card to captain Vincent Kompany.Mancini said the champions would appeal referee Mike Dean’s 75th-minute decision in Sunday’s 2-0 victory, which followed the Belgian centre back’s tackle on Jack Wilshere where he won the ball but with two feet just off the ground.“We do appeal for Vincent. We have problems because we are missing lots of players,” Mancini told reporters, saying it was a one-footed tackle where he anticipated the player and took the ball.“It is impossible that a player misses three games for nothing. “It was not a foul, no red card.”With Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri all missing, City’s success was all the more satisfying for Mancini even if they were given a large dollop of luck when Arsenal’s French centre back Laurent Koscielny was sent off after 10 minutes.The Italian had no doubt that the first incident was a red card and a penalty.“The rules are last man,” he said of Koscielny grabbing Edin Dzeko around the waist in the box and dragging him to the ground.Bosnia striker Dzeko missed the resulting penalty, managing to hit the goalkeeper, post and goalkeeper again from one shot but City were soon ahead through James Milner’s excellent 21st minute strike.Dzeko netted a tap-in to make it 2-0 just after the half hour.
