Arsenal snatch 1-1 draw with Manchester City with late Martinelli goal

Manchester City sought to support an aboriginal Erling Haaland goal, but Gabriel Martinelli came disconnected the seat to equalise.

Arsenal equalised successful the 3rd infinitesimal of stoppage clip done Gabriel Martinelli to snatch a 1-1 draw successful their lucifer connected Sunday with Manchester City, whose uncommon antiaircraft show nether Pep Guardiola narrowly failed to present a triumph successful the Premier League.

Erling Haaland scored an aboriginal extremity connected the counterattack, and City went connected to frustrate Arsenal with a antiaircraft attack that was dissimilar immoderate squad coached by Guardiola, who is famed for possession and attacking football.

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There was a precocious twist, however, erstwhile Eberechi Eze played a shot implicit City’s packed defence and Martinelli latched onto it earlier lobbing goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

It near Liverpool, the defending champions, with a five-point pb aft conscionable 5 games, with Arsenal successful 2nd spot connected extremity quality implicit Tottenham and Bournemouth. City are already 8 points disconnected the pace.

Arsenal controlled the opening exchanges until City scored from a accelerated antagonistic successful the ninth minute.

Tijjani Reijnders broke from heavy with Haaland connected his enarthrosis earlier helium played the Norwegian striker successful to decorativeness coolly past David Raya.

Arsenal looked abbreviated connected ideas earlier a treble alteration astatine half-time gave them much impetus, with substitute Eberechi Eze forcing a crisp prevention from Donnarumma arsenic the hosts swarmed each implicit City.

The visitors recorded 32.8 percent possession, the lowest-ever possession mean by a Guardiola squad successful his 601st top-flight league match, according to Opta.

City had seemed to person weathered the storm, though, finishing the crippled with 5 astatine the backmost arsenic Arsenal probed without creating the slayer opening they needed.

But substitute Martinelli – who delivered a extremity and an assistance disconnected the seat against Athletic Bilbao connected Tuesday – ran connected to Eze’s speculative shot implicit the apical and produced a superb lob successful the 93rd infinitesimal to springiness Arsenal a stock of the spoils.

Arsenal skipper Declan Rice suggested City’s antiaircraft attack was a motion of respect for the Gunners, and helium praised Martinelli for his “moment of magic” successful grabbing the equaliser.

“We’ve gained the respect of the opposition. They cognize the prime we person from beforehand to back,” Rice told Sky Sports.

“We passed and moved good successful the archetypal fractional and successful the second, but determination was ever the menace connected the counter.

“In the end, we deserved the extremity and would person been disappointed to travel distant losing.”

Speaking astir Martinelli’s precocious equaliser, helium added: “The tally and decorativeness is unbelievable. He afloat deserves it – you wouldn’t conscionable a nicer guy. He’s travel connected and produced a infinitesimal of magic.”

Guardiola conceded that Arsenal were the amended squad successful a post-match interview.

“It’s hard to analyse with each that’s happened this week. We play games similar United and successful the Champions League connected Thursday, and present today. The teams are similar truthful almighty successful each aspects,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.

“[It’s] truthful hard erstwhile you’re not effectual oregon precocious pressing and you’re not effectual successful build-up.”

He added, “I deliberation the effect is fair. But successful general, Arsenal were better.”

Elsewhere successful the Premier League connected Sunday, Aston Villa ended their extremity drought but inactive could not bushed 10-man Sunderland successful a 1-1 draw.

Matty Cash blasted a swerving changeable from 25 metres (82 feet) that Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs could lone parry into his ain nett successful the 67th minute, giving Villa their archetypal extremity aft 5 games successful the league.

However, Sunderland – playing with 10 men from the 33rd infinitesimal aft Reinildo’s reddish paper for kicking retired astatine Cash – equalised successful the 75th infinitesimal done Wilson Isidor to permission Villa without a triumph and 3rd from bottom.

Meanwhile, Newcastle rotated their squad aft a Champions League nonaccomplishment to Barcelona connected Thursday and struggled to make galore clear-cut chances successful a 0-0 gully astatine Bournemouth.

It meant Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, who utilized to manager Bournemouth, has present not beaten his erstwhile broadside successful 7 attempts.