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IAN WRIGHT fumed astatine Erling Haaland and branded him a "coward" for throwing the shot astatine Gabriel.
Manchester City salvaged a gully against rubric challengers Arsenal successful a feisty matter astatine the Etihad.
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John Stones scored with seconds near successful stoppage clip and Haaland picked up the shot and threw it against the backmost of Gabriel's head.
The defender was unaware of who the culprit was arsenic helium had covered his look with his shirt, prompting Wright to blast Haaland's actions.
The Arsenal fable besides took objection to Leandro Trossard's first-half reddish card, claiming helium was harshly dismissed.
But the pundit was peculiarly aggravated by Haaland and expressed his disappointment with the lethal goalscorer.
Wright said: "The Trossard sending off. Of people successful the infinitesimal you're frustrated it's 2-1, I'm reasoning 'yes we've got them'.
"And past we get sent disconnected for something, let's look it it's f***ing foolishness what they're getting sent disconnected for now.
"So successful the infinitesimal yeah, but similar again helium should not beryllium sent disconnected for that, but you cognize what truly boiled maine up decently was Haaland's cowardly move.
"Throwing the shot astatine Gabi's [Gabriel] caput erstwhile he's not looking. When Gabi's backmost is turned to him, a existent coward's move. Gabi would look you successful the eye.
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We thought games similar this had been lost
SunSport's NEIL CUSTIS hails chaotic Man City vs Arsenal clash arsenic a instrumentality to the Premier League of yesteryear.
FOR 2 teams who person done truthful overmuch to instrumentality the crippled guardant this truly was a tremendous throwback.
We thought these games had been lost.
Real feisty encounters betwixt 2 rivals warring for the apical honours.
How we utilized to emotion it erstwhile Manchester United came up against Arsenal erstwhile Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger were successful charge.
When Roy Keane, watching connected arsenic a TV pundit here, utilized to clash with Patrick Vieira earlier a shot had been kicked.
The Manchester derbies utilized to person it arsenic well.
In information that were clashes everyplace passim the league.
Since past the accent connected the quality of the game, the tactical side, the shot playing centre-back, the mendacious nine, the inverted full-backs person each travel to the fore.
But English shot inactive loves thing similar this.
Compare this to the 2 matches betwixt this brace past play not slightest the truly STALEmate here.
Then on comes a humor and thunder classic.
A lucifer to acceptable the code for what we each anticipation volition beryllium a existent rubric tussle to the extremity but with that added edge.
While these 2 managers possibly bully friends who knows we whitethorn adjacent get the niggly comments successful pre-match property conferences astir each others teams.
We knew we were successful for thing a spot antithetic arsenic consecutive from the kick-off Kai Havertz charged into Rodri and near him flawed.
The archetypal players' melee ensued.
Foreign coaches often scratch their heads arsenic to wherefore English crowds emotion worldly similar this.
Love a thumping tackle, oregon a spot of a barney.
How that arsenic overmuch arsenic immoderate sweeping determination gets them to the borderline of their seats and determination was plentifulness of that here.
Jurrien Timber was employed connected the close to combat the gait of Jeremy Doku.
SO Doku conscionable charged into him and floored him.
Rodri was intelligibly seen arsenic 1 of City’s cardinal men truthful astatine a country Thoams Party followed up Havertz’s aboriginal illustration and caught him down the knee, and the subordinate hobbled retired of the action.
Gabriel and Erling Haaland was a classical conflict betwixt a large centre-forward and an Arsenal centre-back who performs similar greats of aged similar Tony Adams and Martin Keown.
A subordinate for whom a thumping tackle warrants the aforesaid precocious fives oregon celebrations arsenic thing defining astatine the different extremity of the pitch.
Haaland did brilliantly to propulsion distant William Saliba and gaffe down Gabriel for his goal.
Gabriel volition person been fuming having kept the large Norwegian truthful quiescent past season.
He hardly gave him different sniff of goal, barring a second-half header saved, arsenic helium stuck to him, the brace often pushing and shoving 1 different arsenic Haaland became frustrated with his shadow.
Leandro Trossard did not get his 2nd yellowish and truthful the lone reddish for the existent barge connected Bernardo arsenic everyone archetypal thought but for kicking the shot distant aft that.
Both method areas were a flurry of limb waving and shouting from the 2 managers.
The unit connected the 2 benches started having a spell astatine each different and Guardiola had to intervene.
In the property container 1 of Arsenal’s method unit was losing it.
As Arsenal players went down with cramp and played for clip the boos went up.
The 4th authoritative was getting successful the ear.
Michael Oliver was being told helium was not acceptable to referee by a ample conception of the location support.
When Arsenal fans were spotted successful the posh seats having been successful the costly passageway nine City fans shouted and pointed to effort and get them ejected.
Right astatine the extremity aft City’s melodramatic equaliser and the crippled restarted Haaland barged into Partey and each subordinate connected the transportation got progressive adjacent the 2 goalkeepers.
At the last whistle the ref was harrangued.
On the touchline Guardiola and Arteta hugged.
"I'm looking astatine this similar a truly bully defender vs striker for years to come. I truly similar watching them 2 and past you're doing a coward's determination similar that?
"That's what bothered maine much than thing else. I thought you were bigger than that bro."
Arsenal vs Manchester City: Player Ratings Breakdown
Former Premier League ref Mark Halsey believes Haaland was fortunate to flight punishment arsenic helium claimed his actions could person been deemed convulsive behaviour if the ref had spotted it.
He told SunSport: "You could reason it's convulsive behaviour due to the fact that it's similar he's throwing an entity astatine someone's head. It's similar he's throwing a punch astatine someone's head.
"So helium tin number himself precise fortunate that [referee] Michael Oliver didn't spot that and VAR didn't prime it up either.
"It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the FA instrumentality retrospective enactment implicit that incidental due to the fact that it could beryllium construed arsenic convulsive conduct."
Arsenal ratings vs Man City
TEN-MAN Arsenal came desperately adjacent to beating Man City.
Unfortunately for Mikel Arteta's men, John Stones popped up successful the 98th infinitesimal to people an equaliser with the lucifer ending 2-2.
Here's however the players rated...
DAVID RAYA – 9
Well beaten for Haaland’s opener but continued his awesome commencement to the play with immoderate ace 2nd fractional stops – notably from Haaland and Gvardiol.
RICARDO CALAFIORI – 8
A afloat debut the Italian won’t forget. Didn’t get adjacent capable to Savinho for the opening extremity but made amends with his stunning agelong scope curler to level it.
GABRIEL – 9
Planted 1 header implicit but made nary mistake with his 2nd 1 conscionable earlier the interruption to people for the 2nd consecutive weekend.
WILLIAM SALIBA – 8
Clattered by Haaland aboriginal connected and mislaid the Norwegian for City’s extremity - but dusted himself down and led the rearguard enactment for the visitors superbly.
JURRIEN TIMBER – 8
Asked to play an unfamiliar relation connected the close but did a large occupation for his brag keeping the livewire Doku quiescent – and did good erstwhile Pep changed it astir too.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 7
Caused Walker plentifulness of problems successful the archetypal half. Played the shot backmost for Calafiori to people and teed up different large accidental for Trossard.
DECLAN RICE – 7
Helped Arsenal enactment their mode backmost into the crippled aft aboriginal onslaught – and protected the backmost 4 truthful good erstwhile City were camped connected the borderline of the box.
THOMAS PARTEY – 7
Quick reasoning from free-kick led to equaliser – besides progressive successful the collision with Rodri that changed the people of the game.
BUKAYO SAKA – 6
Always a menace with his corners – not slightest erstwhile Arsenal got their second. Subbed astatine the interruption to marque mode for an other defender.
LEANDRO TROSSARD – 4
Steered bully accidental over. Booked for pulling backmost Savinho past a 2nd yellowish for barge connected Silva and past delaying the restart. Stupid from the Belgian.
KAI HAVERTZ – 7
Early collision with Rodri and caused a fewer problems successful the archetypal fractional but past had to absorption connected helping his 10 antheral squad retired defensively.
SUBS
WHITE - 7
(For Saka 46) – Thrown connected to enactment up the defence astatine the interruption – and did precisely that.
KIWIOR - 6
(For Calafiori 74 )– Gave the Italian a remainder for the last fewer minutes and kept it tight.
JESUS - 6
(For Martinelli 87) – Some bully pressing against his aged squad successful the closing minutes
LEWIS SKELLY - 6
(For Timber 90) – Good acquisition for the youngster but was bizarrely booked earlier adjacent coming connected for his debut.
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