The echoes of the match at the Etihad Stadium between Manchester City and its guest Arsenal are still reverberating throughout English football, after an exciting match that was full of excitement until the last seconds.
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Arsenal snatched a valuable point from Manchester City last Sunday at the home of the Premier League champions, the Etihad Stadium, in the fifth round of the English Premier League.
The newspaper reviewed:Daily Mail“British, new footage shows that young Arsenal player Miles Lewis-Skelly was sent by the Gunners’ technical staff to communicate with goalkeeper David Raya and convince him to fall in order to waste time, in light of the intense pressure from Manchester City on the Gunners’ defense, which suffered from a numerical shortage after the expulsion of its player Leandro Trossard at the end of the first half.
The audience at the Etihad Stadium and the fans behind the screens were surprised when the rising player, Skelly (17 years old), received a yellow card for “unsportsmanlike behaviour”, but the reason behind this punishment was not clear from the match referee.
The footage from the opposite angle revealed that the young player, while heading to Arsenal’s warm-up area near goalkeeper Raya, went near the goal and spoke to the Spanish goalkeeper, who fell seconds later, claiming injury and demanding the intervention of the medical staff.
English referee Michael Oliver noticed that the young Englishman had made contact with Raya before the Arsenal goalkeeper fell to the ground and stopped the game, so he waited for him when he returned to the bench and gave him a yellow card before he scored or made his Premier League appearance during the final minutes of the match.
Indeed, Mikel Arteta took advantage of the ensuing break in play to give a group talk to nine of his players on the pitch as they looked to maintain their 2-1 lead, before substitute John Stones scored a late equaliser for the home side in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
