Thursday, November 7, 2024

Premier League title rivals Man City and Arsenal serve up thriller – key moments

Must read

Manchester City and Arsenal battled out a thrilling 2-2 draw in an action-packed Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Here, the PA news agency looks at how the game panned out.

9 mins: Erling Haaland scores his 100th Manchester City goal, on his 105th appearance. Savinho slips him in with a well-weighted ball between two defenders and the in-form Norwegian supplies a cool finish.

22 mins: Rodri cannot continue, having had treatment for an apparent knee injury suffered after jostling with Thomas Partey at a set-piece.

Riccardo Calafiori scored a controversial equaliser for Arsenal (Martin Rickett/PA)

24 mins: Riccardo Calafiori produces a superb equaliser from outside the box on his full debut for Arsenal, with City left furious as Kyle Walker – who had been called by referee Michael Oliver for a chat seconds earlier – is caught out of position as the Gunners launch a quick free-kick down the left which leads to the goal. Pep Guardiola kicks his seat in anger.

45 mins: Bukayo Saka delivers a corner to the back post and Gabriel frees himself from Walker to head home from close range.

45+7 mins: Leandro Trossard is sent off for a second bookable offence. Having been booked earlier for a tug on Savinho, he is shown a second yellow card after barging into the back of Bernardo Silva and, as the whistle blew, then booting the ball away in frustration.

aManchester City’s John Stones celebrates scoring their side’s second goal of the gameCity v Arsenal – Premier League – Etihad Stadium
John Stones celebrates scoring City’s equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time (Martin Rickett/PA)

90 After a second half of City probing for the equaliser, Arsenal players going down with apparent cramp and David Raya producing several saves, the board signals seven minutes of stoppage time.

90+7 mins: Josko Gvardiol’s volley is saved by Raya but substitute John Stones pounces on the rebound to grab a dramatic equaliser. Haaland picks the ball out of the net and pings it at Gabriel’s head, then smashes into Partey from the restart moments later as tensions rise.

90+9: Haaland and Gabriel have a heated exchange of words and opposing players need separating.

Latest article