John Stones equalised within the 98th minute to return Manchester Metropolis to the highest of the Premier League and deny 10-man Arsenal the summit and their first win at Etihad Stadium in virtually 10 years.
Centre-back Stones scrambled the reigning champions degree after Mateo Kovacic’s shot was blocked to sprint the Gunners’ hopes of a win many would have thought-about an announcement outcome, having absorbed 24 makes an attempt with out reply throughout the second half following Leandro Trossard’s dismissal for kicking the ball away throughout first-half added time.
Gabriel had headed the Gunners in entrance from a Bukayo Saka nook for the second time in seven days within the sequence earlier than Trossard was despatched off for delaying the restart.
“CITY ARE OUT OF JAIL!” 🤯
John Stones will get Manchester Metropolis’s equaliser with mere seconds left to play! 💥 pic.twitter.com/owIr7jjkJn
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 22, 2024
The guests, who equalised when Riccardo Calafiori curled in from exterior the field after 22 minutes in reply to Erling Haaland’s ninth-minute end, regarded to have held off the Premier League prime scorer and his notoriously potent team-mates earlier than Metropolis got here again by means of Stones on the final.
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Regardless of Metropolis’s dominance after the break, Arsenal appeared to have accomplished one of many all-time nice Premier League defensive shows, even trying comfy at occasions because the feted attacking abilities they confronted appeared to wrestle to seek out concepts of their bid to interrupt them down.
“Saka takes… GABRIEL’S IN THERE!” 🔗
Arsenal lead on the Etihad! 🔴 pic.twitter.com/MdliWu94MY
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 22, 2024
An abundance of controversy has already embroiled Trossard’s purple card, the ahead turning into the second Arsenal participant to be despatched off for kicking the ball away this season after Declan Rice suffered the identical destiny of their 1-1 draw at dwelling to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Whereas there may be little doubt over the harshness of groups dropping gamers over a benign act on the dimensions of red-card offences, referee Michael Oliver operated to the letter of the regulation, with Rice’s purple maybe serving as a warning of the chance concerned.
“It’s a BEAUTY!” 😍
What a second for Riccardo Calafiori! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/B56ZJC88mu
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 22, 2024
Rice acknowledged that he was at fault over his transgression, which arguably value Arsenal at the very least two factors. Supervisor Mikel Arteta – at all times an animated presence on the boundaries of his technical space – instructed BBC Radio 5 Dwell that Oliver’s name had “destroyed the sport”.
Arsenal can, undoubtedly, take monumental encouragement from thwarting Metropolis for thus lengthy, though that shall be little comfort within the context of the ache of conceding so late.
Erling Haaland scores his tenth Premier League objective of the season and one centesimal objective for Manchester Metropolis! 🤯⚡ pic.twitter.com/SW3FLx1mJf
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 22, 2024
After Haaland raced on to Savinho’s cross to fit in his tenth objective of the season and one centesimal for the Cityzens, Arteta could have admired the character his gamers exhibited to hit again and virtually proceed to procuring a well-known win, regardless of admitting he was “gutted” to not have seen the outcome out.
Defender Calafiori’s strike was one of many highest high quality, whereas Gabriel’s header once more confirmed what a risk Arsenal are from set-pieces, having nodded in the one objective of their 1-0 win at Tottenham on September 15.
Metropolis return to motion at dwelling to second-tier Watford within the third spherical of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday (7.45pm BST), a day earlier than Arsenal host third-tier Bolton Wanderers in the identical competitors (7.45pm).
