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Manchester City v Arsenal is the most-watched Premier League game in THREE YEARS as Sky Sports reel in 2.6m viewers for football's big return... with 75 per cent of viewers choosing to watch WITH crowd noise

Manchester City's comfortable win over Arsenal on Wednesday night was the most-watched Premier League fixture in almost three-and-a-half years.

With football fans starved of top-flight action for over three months because of the coronavirus shutdown, viewers tuned in in big numbers to see Pep Guardiola's men dent the Gunners' hopes of a top four finish.

In total, 2.6million people watched Sky Sports' coverage as Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden struck against the 10-man visitors.

Around 2.6million viewers tuned in to watch Raheem Sterling and Co beat Arsenal on Sky

That makes the behind closed doors clash at the Etihad the most watched game since Manchester United's 1-1 draw with bitter rivals Liverpool in January, 2017.