Manchester City lost more ground on Premier League leaders Arsenal after Enzo Fernandez rescued a late 1-1 draw for managerless Chelsea at a snowy Etihad Stadium.

A somewhat subdued City performance was brought to life by Tijjani Reijnders in the first half, scoring his sixth league goal of the season by lashing an emphatic finish into the roof of the net, with City on course to move back within four points of the Gunners.

But there was a stoppage-time twist, and it concerned the tenacious away side, who had already spurned decent opportunities via Pedro Neto and Liam Delap. Deep into added time, Malo Gusto pulled wide and charged towards a crossing position, with the ball eventually rippling to Fernandez, who beat Gianluigi Donnarumma at the third time of asking.

Man City do move back above Aston Villa into second but are now six points adrift of Arsenal after back-to-back draws, only managing to score once from a combined xG of 3.23.

The other downside for a disgruntled Pep Guardiola will be his mounting injury list, with defensive pairing Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias added to it, albeit a returning Rodri completed 90 minutes for the first time since September to ease the shortness in midfield.

"It does not look good," Pep said of Gvardiol and Dias. "When you have all the squad, you can compete and rotate but now it is a situation." City now only have four senior defenders fit.

Chelsea, meanwhile, with only one win in their last eight, stay in touch of the top four with a battling point - perhaps something for an incoming new manager, heavily rumoured to be Strasbourg boss Liam Rosenior, to build on.

Title pendulum swings Arsenal's way

Sky Sports' Lewis Jones:

"It's always noteworthy to look at the bookmaker odds for the title after a swing like this.

"Arsenal are now 4/11 (73 per cent chance) to win the Premier League - it is the shortest price they have been this season to claim the title. Man City are 7/2 and Aston Villa 33/1.

"Only Arsenal can stop Arsenal now, surely?"

Teams

Manchester City Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias (Ake 81), Gvardiol (Khusanov 51), O’Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo Silva (c), Reijnders (Doku 70), Foden, Cherki, Haaland
Subs Not Used Trafford, McAidoo, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, R Heskey
Booked Dias, Nunes, Silva
Goals Reijnders 42

Chelsea Jorgensen, Acheampong (Hato 62), Chalobah, Badiashile, Gusto, Fernandez, James (c), Estevao (Santos 46), Palmer, Neto, Joao Pedro (Delap 62)
Subs Not Used Merrick, Slonina, Tosin, Garnacho, Gittens, Guiu
Booked James, Delap, Fernandez
Goals Fernandez 90+4

Attendance 52,471

Referee Michael Oliver

VAR Darren England