Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany was delighted with victory over Arsenal.
David Silva struck the only goal of the game.
Kompany said: "It was massive for us, we didn't underestimate the importance of this game and we're happy with the result and to keep a clean sheet.
"We've been going for a lot of goals and could have scored many but we didn't finish the chances we had today, although individually we won most of our challenges."