The “Sky Blues” open their home at Etihad Stadium to face “The Gunners”. And they were the better of the two, finding the back of the net in the ninth minute, however, as the visitors equalised through a superb long-range effort from Riccardo Calafiori.
Arsenal then took a 2-1 lead through Gabriel Magalhaes’ header in first-half stoppage time, but the game’s turning point came a minute later when Leandro Trossard was shown a second yellow card for kicking the ball away, leading to a straight red card and the Gunners were forced to focus solely on defense in the second half.
Mikel Arteta’s plan almost worked but unfortunately in the last minute of stoppage time, Man City equalized 2-2 through a shot by John Stones. After that, Erling Haaland caused a lot of controversy.
It didn’t end there because after the referee blew the final whistle, the good old Haaland showed his arrogant behavior towards Arteta, which led to a verbal argument with Gabriel Jesus. But fortunately, the matter did not escalate further.
The intense conclusion from the beginning of the game until the end is as follows:
1st minute: Rodri was found lying on the ground with his hands covering his face after a clash with Kai Havertz early in the game. Players from both teams went to check on the Spanish star, but VAR did not intervene in the incident.
5′: Haaland goes all out as he dives for a header from William Saliba, with the Norwegian having to use a lot of his strength to beat the French defender.
9′: Haaland scores his 100th goal in 105 appearances for Man City, giving his side a 1-0 lead, but they can’t beat Saliba and Gabriel after that.
16′: Rodri is badly injured after a challenge from Thomas Partey. The Spanish midfielder is one of Man City’s key players and the home side were immediately troubled in midfield after his substitution.
22′: Calafiori scores his first Premier League goal of the game to make it 1-1 after City players protested to referee Michael Oliver over the early free-kick, which resulted in Ederson being shown a yellow card.
34′: Trossard gets his first yellow card for deliberately pulling Savinho.
45+1′: Gabriel scores for Arsenal to take the lead 2-1 from a corner kick, but there is a point to talk about when Gabriel Martinelli blocks Ederson from being seen easily, but the referee confirms that it is not a foul. Ruben Diaz protests and is rewarded with a yellow card.
45+8 minutes: Trossard made his first stupid mistake when he intentionally kicked the ball away, which resulted in a second yellow card and a red card.
65th minute: Miles Lewis Skelly, the visiting team’s rising star, was shown a yellow card after trying to waste time.
83′: Declan Rice gets a yellow card for trying to waste time.
91st minute: Jerrian Timber went down injured, forcing Oliver to stop the game. However, the Man City players were not happy because they thought their opponent was faking an injury to buy time.
98′: Stones becomes the hero as he equalises 2-2 and seconds later Haaland picks up the ball and throws it at Gabriel’s head to celebrate his teammate’s goal.
99′: Game is stopped after Haaland crashes into Partey, who tries to throw his way as the Gunners kick the ball.
End of the game: Haaland climbs up to pat Arteta on the shoulder and says disrespectfully, “Be humble, be humble,” which Gabriel Jesus, who was standing nearby, reprimands. and leading to a verbal clashThe heat between the two
