2024-09-22 18:43:36
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — John Stones’ stoppage-time goal saved a point as defending Premier League champion Manchester City drew 2-2 with 10-man Arsenal on Sunday. .
Gabriel Magalhaes’ first-half header gave Arsenal a 2-1 lead at the Etihad Stadium and came close to breaking Manchester City’s 47-match home unbeaten run.
But substitute Stones scored from close range in the eighth minute of injury time to move City top of the table, one point ahead of Liverpool and Aston Villa and two ahead of Arsenal after five games. point.
Arsenal’s resistance was finally broken after Leandro Trossard was sent off shortly before half-time and they were outnumbered for almost the entire second half.
City had one more player but were unable to take advantage before Stones scored.
Guardiola’s side have not lost at home since beating Brentford 2-1 in November 2022.
Haaland gave City the lead nine minutes later. It was his 100th goal in 105 games for the club.
But the game took a turn when Spanish midfielder Rodri Hernandez left the field in the 20th minute with an apparent knee injury.
Arsenal equalized two minutes later when Ricardo Calafiore fired a shot from outside the penalty area.
Earlier in the day, Brighton manager Fabian Huerzeler and Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo were sent off in the 2-2 draw.
In the 83rd minute, Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White fouled Joao Pedro at the last moment and received a second yellow card before the team was expelled.
There were bad tempers in the band. According to the match report, Espirito Santo and Huerzeller were sent off for “unacceptable behavior in a technical area”.
Forest had just beaten Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield and took the lead through Chris Wood’s penalty in the 13th minute.
Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck scored for Brighton in the 42nd and 45th minutes to turn the score around. Ramon Sosa equalized in the 70th, the Paraguayan winger’s first goal in England’s top flight.
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