Arsenal had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Sunday in an early Premier League title race clash. Erling Haaland had opened the scoring after just nine minutes to notch his 100th goal for City but the Gunners turned the game on its head before half-time thanks to Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhaes.
However, an action-packed first-half ended with a red card to Leandro Trossard in the eighth minute of added time setting Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal up for a second half of backs-against-the-wall defending. They almost held out and made an early-season statement but for John Stones’ goal deep into injury time, preserving Pep Guardiola’s side’s unbeaten start to 2023/24.
