Arsenal find solution in Man City win to hand Mikel Arteta a huge transfer dilemma

Last September, this rivalry turned into a full-on grudge with Erling Haaland’s “stay humble” jibe aft Manchester City snatched a last-gasp gully astatine the Etihad - but Arsenal got revenge successful style

They waited 133 days for revenge - but Arsenal served it successful immoderate benignant astatine the Emirates.

Last September, this rivalry turned into a full-on grudge with Erling Haaland’s “stay humble” jibe aft Manchester City snatched a last-gasp gully astatine the Etihad. Well, this clip it was Arsenal who humbled City with a demolition occupation which highlighted conscionable however acold Pep Guardiola’s fading champions person fallen.

City collapsed similar a battalion of cards arsenic they were truthful atrocious defensively that it became unfastened play for Arsenal who looked arsenic if they would people with each attack. City person present conceded 4 oregon much goals for the 4th clip this play which is the astir successful Guardiola’s career. And it is really opening to look hard arsenic to however they travel backmost from this.

And possibly the extremity unreserved volition mean Arsenal bash not spell into the transportation marketplace earlier Monday’s deadline. Who needs a striker erstwhile you tin instrumentality 5 past the champions. It whitethorn besides springiness them anticipation of catching Liverpool successful the rubric race.

As the goals flew in, the celebrations and taunts became much outrageous. Arsenal teen Myles Lewis-Skelly, 18, scored and past sat down transverse legged to mock Haaland’s yoga extremity celebration.

Gabriel shouted successful Haaland’s look aft the archetypal extremity went successful to get revenge for the aggravated scenes aft their erstwhile gathering astatine the Etihad. The fans joined successful erstwhile it went to 4-1 arsenic Arsenal supporters mocked City by turning their backs and doing “the Poznan” solemnisation to hitch the visitors’ noses successful it.

After the last whistle, the PA strategy belted retired Kendrick Lamar’s opus Humble. This meant a batch to Arsenal to enactment it mildly. Mikel Arteta has beaten Guardiola earlier but this was the pretenders to the throne eclipsing the champions. It should springiness Arsenal not conscionable content but besides vigor for the run-in.

City look an implicit messiness defensively - and that was their undoing aft conscionable 103 seconds. John Stones’ walk enactment Manuel Akanji nether pressure, Leandro Trossard closed him down, Declan Rice fed Kai Havertz and his lay-off was cleanable for Martin Odegaard to expanse home.

What a start. But past Havertz missed a sitter. Arsenal keeper David Raya made 2 ace saves. The crippled faded retired and lacked intensity. Both teams were sloppy and clumsy. City past levelled 10 minutes aft the restart. City winger Savinho’s pinpoint transverse recovered Haaland who roseate highest astatine the backmost station to caput home. It is hard to believe, but astatine 1-1 City looked to beryllium successful ascendancy. That did not past long.

Two minutes later, Arsenal were backmost successful front. Phil Foden’s stray walk went consecutive to Thomas Partey, the Arsenal midfielder drove guardant and his changeable deflected disconnected Stones and deceived City keeper Stefan Ortega. Then a infinitesimal to savour. Rice played successful Lewis-Skelly, helium utilized his spot to clasp disconnected the City defence and past fired a changeable which Ortega pushed onto the station but could not support out.

Just think. Lewis-Skelly was not expected to beryllium playing successful this crippled but his reddish paper was overturned connected appeal. His solemnisation said however overmuch it meant. It got amended for Arsenal arsenic City conscionable waved the achromatic flag. Gabriel Martinelli led a counter-attacking charge, slipped a walk to Havertz and his left-footed transverse changeable flew into the acold corner. A beauteous infinitesimal for him aft his large miss.

Then the champion extremity of the batch came successful the 93rd minute. Teenager Ethan Nwaneri, connected arsenic a substitute, chopped successful from the right, curled a stunning 20 gait near ft changeable into the acold corner. Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly are Arsenal’s future. This City procreation and each their occurrence looks to beryllium successful the past.

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