Three things about Man City that 'surprised' Alan Shearer in Arsenal draw

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City rallied astatine the decease to snatch a constituent astatine location against title-challenging rivals Arsenal, but Alan Shearer was somewhat shocked by immoderate of the Citizens' play

Manchester City could person improved successful a scope of attacking areas successful their 2-2 gully against Arsenal, according to Alan Shearer.

Pep Guardiola's broadside stay unbeaten successful the Premier League arsenic they look to snatch the title for the 5th consecutive year, aft surviving a scare against Mikel Arteta's challenging Gunners.

Erling Haaland unsurprisingly opened the scoring connected 8 minutes, but Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel gave their broadside the lead earlier Leandro Trossard saw reddish to extremity the half. With a antheral advantage, City yet broke done Arsenal's impervious defences - but it took until the eighth infinitesimal of added clip for John Stones to smash the shot home pursuing a corner.

Shearer was shocked to spot Guardiola's squad falter successful immoderate areas careless of the effect and feels that they lacked 3 important factors that could've fixed them an earlier edge.

"It was superb crippled management, Shearer told BBC Sport. "But, I was somewhat amazed that City did not effort to agelong them more, determination the shot quicker oregon effort to get much players successful one-on-one situations.

"That is what happened with Jack Grealish astatine the end, erstwhile helium recovered immoderate width and got astir the backmost of the Arsenal defence doubly successful 30 seconds, and won the country that they scored from.

"While Arsenal merit a batch of recognition for shutting City retired for truthful long, you besides person to respect Pep Guardiola’s broadside for the mode they kept going to rescue a point.

"For ample parts, of the crippled it looked arsenic if they were getting nothing. Instead, what could person been an atrocious time for them, including Rodri’s wounded that forced him disconnected aboriginal on, ended connected a truly affirmative note."

On an Arsenal front, Shearer commended Arteta's men for their valiant efforts during the table-topping clash, having defended the full 2nd fractional with 10 men.

"I was conscionable arsenic impressed with the mode Arsenal responded aft Leandro Trossard was sent off," Shearer added. "Up until Stones scored they had produced a masterclass successful defending arsenic a squad successful the 2nd half.

"Every subordinate enactment successful an unthinkable effort to frustrate City for truthful long, but again determination was a program down it and the full squad was moving together.

"When City were camped extracurricular their box, Arsenal thought astir the full process, staying successful position, moving retired who to springiness clip to successful possession, and who to adjacent down consecutive away. They gave nary abstraction to Doku oregon Savinho, for example, but they were ever blessed to springiness Ruben Dias the accidental to shoot, oregon get connected the ball."

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