How Arsenal's 10 Men Nearly Pulled Off The Impossible Against Man City

Manchester City vs Arsenal ended in spectacular fashion with a late John Stones equaliser breaking the Gunners' resolve. But, after Leandro Trossard's red card in the first half left his side a man short, Mikel Arteta's dropped a modern masterclass on how to frustrate a numerically superior opponent and deny them the space to create any meaningful chances. They may have ultimately dropped 2 points, but they were less than a minute away from recording a win for the ages. Adam Clery examines their defending (and all the controversial decisions) to explain how they almost did it.
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[@peterocheni1195]

Finally The analysis I've been waiting for

[@JayBensley]

Literally what I was thinking

[@emilevangheem6165]

I love you Adam. I watch other channels and I look on twitter (sadly) but there isn’t anyone as entertaining, consistently right and nuanced as you. What a game!

[@ZacharyShahan]

True facts

[@StunningModelAaliyahAustin-k7g]

No hate from me, I agree with pretty much everything. But I will point out that even in the pic you showed of Trossard being sent off, he's already swung his leg back as the ref, who failed to send of Kovacic last season, is blowing his whistle. He's made his decision to clear the ball before the whistle is blown, like any good player should.

[@Loosetweezers]

Whoops, looks like you forgot to sign out of your catphishing account.

[@petere9383]

Exactly

[@aka_jr]

The heartbreaking thing about the City equaliser is that I wholeheartedly believe that if Timber was still on the pitch, that Grealish 1v1 never happens, and we win 2-1.

[@victor_amata]

Congrats on winning the "If timber was on the pitch" trophy.😁

[@Martin-ph9gw]

@@victor_amatadrew against 10 men you bums

[@victor_amata]

@@Martin-ph9gw Lost at the last minute loser. Very indisciplined and bottle job team. Winning the league for the past five years in their dreams.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@albinantony8355]

No offense but no other team has even come CLOSE to beating city at the empty-had in 2 years, props for that​@victor_amata

[@victor_amata]

@@albinantony8355 Liverpool has.

[@welly4907]

saka deserves so mutch credit for the perfect delivery on almost every corner, the consistency is crazy

[@Whknwswhknw]

Idk why people are surprised arsenal were playing defensively when they’re 2-1 and a player down with basically the whole 2nd half to go😂😂

[@msstry1]

City had 28 shots in the second half 😂

[@phoenix51472]

Arsenal were playing that way, time wasting etc from the first minute.

[@firstlane7695]

Last time City faced a big opponent with a red card. They won 5-1,, against Liverpool

[@chchch.1212]

@@firstlane7695 exactly!

[@2beokisgr8]

There's playing defensively and then diving and faking injuries and time wasting at every chance

[@bigbadbenny]

I am a disgruntled Arsenal fan but I love your stuff Adam.

[@findingaether]

Playing with a back 6 was smart. What's the point of pressing Walker and Dias? They are so shit on the ball they should be motm for Arsenal considering the number of balls they sent either to row Z or straight into Raya's arms.

[@Oliver_Evans9]

Adam can we have a video solely on Gravenberch, he's a changed man 🙏🙏

[@TheillMadeKnght]

i take back everything i've said or implied about Raya being MADE by his 2 center-backs - has had some massive saved through the start of the season. On that last goal he's just unfortunate. I remember watching the replays and thinking "why did Partey drift out - grealish was marked by kai and had someone to support in case he got beat - watching such a long back line with a few bodies floating to harrass anyone on the ball was really fascinating to watch

[@thepurplesband]

Excellent analysis. The other thing the ultra low block/6 at the back did, was to pretty much take Haarland out of the game.

[@karlpk3907]

That's right. Haaland had no room to a maneuver, and exploiting gaps and barreling through a defense are what makes him lethal. He was neutered.

[@davidw.h1410]

No one will talk about him but Martineli was incredible on the night. In the low block he held back walker and other defenders to prevent the counter. He applied pressure throughout the game and never stopped running. Not to mention the positional awareness to switch from a winger to a fullback in seconds. Really think we struggled a lot more after he came off, would’ve loved another 10 minutes of him on the pitch

[@TC-mt1zx]

"Does [Doku] deliberately stop the taking of a free kick? Yes he does, but the free kick wasn't going to be taken from there. The ball had to move back there." You could argue the same thing applied to Declan Rice's second yellow. If you look at the actions after foul on Partey that led to Arsenal's equalizer, Bernardo Silva dribbled the ball 10 yards up the pitch after the whistle. No yellow card given, by the way. Arsenal kicked the ball when Oliver blew his whistle. Kyle Walker was in position, but not ready when the free kick was taken. It was not Arsenal's responsibility to wait until he was.

[@JoeSteele7]

You could also argue Trossard wasn't delaying a restart because Silva was still on the floor clutching his face AND the referees next action was to blow for half time.

[@CarlosFreeeeman]

you just another Arsenal Bozo

[@jean-pierre5221]

Before Arteta made a back 6 it was first 5 at back and 4 in front. But he spotted a weakness and changed it to 6 at back and 3 in front.

[@julioobregon]

Yes. He made Raya to fake possible injury and made the changes.

[@firstlane7695]

​@@julioobregon no fake injury he had a small bandage even after the game

[@loganelliott5768]

I appreciate your opinion on Oliver's officiating at the end. As an Arsenal fan, it just seems like there is an eagerness to strictly apply the delaying the restart in ways that I have yet to see other teams punished for. On the quick FK that led to the goal, only thing I'd point out there is that the ball is ahead of the spot where the Arsenal player is fouled only because it's carried away by a City player. But I do see the point that Walker is called over & then the whistle is blown a bit prematurely. But point being I do think both sets of supporters could heap more blame on their players' role in all of this. Great video as usual!

[@karlpk3907]

Great analysis, per usual. Arteta showed weak teams how to defend against City. Why not, if you are vastly technically weaker, do a 6 man low block even with a full 11 man squad? I can imagine a manager starting off the week's training by drilling in this low block and working on multiple situations where you win the ball and the counter is on. Again, why not? In the final third, City will play the way they always play -- work the ball around the edges of the 18, every man in a properly spaced position in the sections of the pitch (e.g. no more than 2 players per half space), wingers driving with the ball when 1 v 1 and combine close to goal and finish at or around the 6. The 6 man block grinds this dynamic system to a halt. Why not?

[@smoothmonkey3602]

that game was so intense I almost wet myself no lie 😬

[@Chris-zs6fd]

I thought you were very even-handed on the refereeing, Adam, nice one! Great analysis as always.

[@DeviateSpider]

Arsenal's set pieces are genuinely cracked

[@davedennison7386]

"Mark Clattenberg"??..rolling back the years there at the end there mate...great analysis...up the arse!!!..

[@lichaiepperson3009]

Great analysis as always - Arsenal's defensive capabilities are astounding and they nearly completed the impossible. The reverse fixture is going to be insane. Not an Arsenal fan but this really might be the year they best City.

[@mariedion]

If it was another team defending with 10 men like that you would have said they are small team. Defending is not a bad thing but when it comes to all players in the box just to defend then now let's call it rugby that's not football. Defending with zero attempts zero creativity nooo come on this is not the mentality of a team calling themselves title contenders

[@WeeTheDuck]

@@mariedion obvious bait but Ill bite. You're an absolute tool, football is such a tactical game nowadays and teams play to get results. This is Arsenal not Ange's Spurs. Absolutely nobody except you would call a defensive masterclass a small club mentality

[@MyMainMan90]

​@@mariedion I am confused how you can see this otherwise. Arsenal are winning 2-1 against city who they have to prioritise defence even with 11 men. I swear some of you just want Arsenal to play like how Spurs with 9 men did against Chelsea. Guess what, they lost 4-1. Stop acting like it made no sense.

[@herrscherofshrimps1451]

@@mariedion So you would rather gift City 3 points if you were Arsenal? Are you stupid? They were in the lead, against the Champion who is stronger, at their home, 1 man down, had more injuries, had 1 less day off from CL. And you think they could have done better? It is because they want to win the title that they have to play like that to get the points.

[@jrgenramdahl123]

10v12 is always very hard

[@HonestDre]

Adam will face a season long ban from KZbin for delaying to drop a video😂

[@OGTricksy]

Very good comment officiating , The Football tactic Inspection of Adam 🎉

[@Aircool212]

It was certainly an entertaining. Gutted Arsenal didn't win, but the way City celebrated a draw tells you everything you need to know (and if I was a City fan instead of an Arsenal fan, I would have been celebrating just as hard).

[@msstry1]

I'd be celebrating as well, 45 minutes and 30 shots later to finally find the back of the net

[@Durtyrooster]

I'm learning football and this channel is just pure football nectar. Cheers for the lesson!

[@humzachudhary2056]

Lets give respect to Spurs. They played better against Arsenal without needing a sending off.

[@bobsyme3118]

Gotta respect spurs....they'v got the biggest cheese counter in europe

[@mariedion]

So you be arrogant, and do some stupid things in the pitch and you expect to be given what?? Applause or what 😂😂 yes we are not spurs we are not a small team. Defending with 10 me in the box for 47 minutes and you are talking. Have you seen any team defending like that even with one man down? Shame on you 🧴

[@TheKh65]

​​@mariedion so emotional you aren't even making sense 🤣

[@humzachudhary2056]

@@mariedion Brotha I'm a Spurs fan I'm just spreading Spurs propaganda I'm happy you lot won 🤣

[@brianokon3784]

Bro might have a crush on calafiori😂

[@megadeadly01]

Excellent as always Adam. Arsenal fan and fully agree with everything you said. Trossard very foolish. Lots of Arsenal fans conveniently ignoring the shoulder barge he did before kicking the ball away. Each incident on its own he might have got away with but the combination gave ref very little choice

[@not2busy]

Agree about Walker, but he's not alone in paying too much attention to the officials in this and many other games. Many throw a hand up in the air to signal an off-side instead of focusing on the play that is still on-going. The players focus must be on the play AT ALL TIMES. If your not in position, you're not doing your job. I don't care if the ref called him over. He should have stood his ground and listened from afar to what the ref had to say. Better yet, he should have argued about the positioning of the ball. It seems like he wasn't paying attention to what was going on at times. But it wasn't his fault entirely. In my opinion, it's City's incessant desire for ball possession and game control. It's well practiced. The problem is when you rely on that one tactic and don't succeed with it, you don't really have a viable plan "B". Since all they ever practice is how to really work with plan "A", all you have left at the end is desperation. City got lucky.

[@KarlSkorger]

City celebrating a draw in their home against 10 men is absolutely embarrassing....

[@BreezeElna-gi6di]

Against ten men who defended the box actually city were not supposed to score

[@phoenix51472]

Time wasting from the first minute, all players defending in the box, constantly fouling City players, pretending to be injured, scoring with those "tactics".... Wimbledon would be embarrassed, and this is Arsenal with pretensions of being title challengers

[@captainrex5167]

Leave him alone guys. It’s their only way to cope against succeeding a goal in the last second of injury time that they purposely gave to us with all their time wasting.

[@mariedion]

Arsenal are just crying babies. Defending for 47 minutes with all 10 men now coming here to talk rubbish. Man up arsenal those are tactics that only small teams come up with

[@BreezeElna-gi6di]

@@KarlSkorger Asernal fans should cry their ass off😭

[@greedyboi1]

Great effort from the boys. The free kick was in a great position thanks to Bernardo Silva kicking the ball after the whistle but no booking 🤫. Next year 3 points at the Ethiad 100%. COYG

[@Football-gd7mi4]

Rodri out for the season we can win the prem this year

[@richwebb3943]

Adam, I love you man, I love your humour and wit, I lobe your tactically analysis and insights, but there are 19 other teams in the Premier league. This is your 5th, I think, video in a few weeks aboit Arsenal. There was a whole host of other CL games tiu could have covered but you did Arsenal. They aren't the only team doing interesting things. Sticking 10 men behind the ball against City and sticking a corner on Gabriel's head isn't news or new. How about videos aboit how cool Brighton have been? Or how well Nuno is setting up Forest at the minute? How aboit yhe way Fulham carved open a really strong Newcastle? It feels like you have an enormous obsession with Arteta and I'd love to see this stop and some focus be shifted onto other teams other than Arsenal and Utd. Keep up the (99.9%) good work lad!

[@a-manthegeneral]

Can't find anyone that finds game details like this and also be neutral and unbiased always, great channel imo

[@okellemma9561]

Finally, the video we have all been waiting for

[@phillevene]

bet manager love you revealing all their tactics. spot on video. will subscribe

[@Gigity1107]

As an Arsenal fan, I have to agree about Trossard. Oliver failed twice last season to send off Kovacic for obvious red card tackles, he's also a prima donna of a ref' who likes to be the star of the show. Don't give him a reason to get a card out. But in effect, Trossard did that 3x. So that's kinda on him. Naive, from one of the most experienced players in the team.

[@atelierbeast]

Thanks for the analysis 👌 love these videos

[@MarkFaulkneruk]

Totally agree with your analysis on the reffing vs players needing to take responsibility. Just don't give referees an excuse to send you off. It's quite simple.

[@ashbooth1817]

Well done 🎉

[@TheJustLIRA]

Wel done job, i understand clearly why last goal conceded Party made incorrect decision and it was crucially. Thank you

[@simonhart2186]

You’re absolutely bang on with your analysis, you bell whiff

[@anchipod]

what do you think on Haalands intentionally throwing ball on Gabriels head? unsportsmanlike conduct?

[@streetjustice4287]

Pain…sadness…anger….. Referees….

[@BjornWiese]

About the first Arsenal goal: Walker had enough time to get back in his position. Even though he was talking with his team mates during running back he was in position, so without talking to anyone he would have been there even faster. That the free kick was taking in the wrong position might be true but this is nothing out of the ordinary, especially in that midfield area. Happens every game, every time. Arsenal was just smart enough to use that advantage. About the second yellow for Trossard: between the blow of the whistle and his kick of the ball were 0,5 to 0,7 seconds. Go and rewatch it, listen closely and stop the time yourself. His decision to clear the ball was made before he heard the whistle. There was no chance to change his mind in a situation like this. It was a scandalous decision and we should the refs not get away with those decisions. They destroyed a football game with this kind of nonsense.

[@lanawrigley4880]

Genuinely felt that Man City didn't deserve anything from this game. I don't know if I've ever been more proud of Arsenal's composure and discipline than I was throughout that gruelling second half-the equaliser was a bit of luck that City absolutely did not deserve. They didn't create anything at all for over 50 minutes, and Arsenal defended-to a man-like giants. Between Rice's red card against Brighton and Trossard's in this game, my concern is that Arsenal are going to be nailed for delayed restarts in a way that no other club will be-it's last season all over again. If you'd asked me on Sunday morning, I would've taken this result, but after watching how heroically Arsenal dug in and held out, settling for a draw is gutting. At least there's some solace in the thought that Rodri-who mocked us for being pleased last season after the 0-0 draw and said we lacked City's mentality-could be out for the rest of the season.

[@mariedion]

😂😂😂 you call yourself football analyst 😂😂😂if man city didn't deserve that late goal that's crazy just imagine 10 men defending for 47 minutes completely doing nothing Zero attempts zero creativity just defending and here you are writing all these rubbish don't even blame the red card the player was stupid to kick the ball after the ref blew the whistle even after doing such a stupid tackle against Bernardo. Please stop analysing football go for cricket

[@LittleTripoli]

The kick was within a second of the whistle. Biomechanically it’s unlikely he’d have had the capability to alter his action. As for desert, well, desert’s got nothing to do with it I suppose but Arsenal a man down did restrict City to less than an xG until the last minute of the the longest half of football with the most ball in play time in the league this season. They’ll think they deserved it.

[@eviltechnology]

great analysis. there are few things about the ref, he was bad. Everyone is ignoring what Silva did just before the goal. He took the ball after the foul, moved it at least 20m, and also blocked Trossard from getting it. Ref ignored it completely. (that is probably the reason fk was taken further up the pitch). And not to forget that the same ref didn't give Kovacic 2 red cards (for bad tackles) in the last game because he didn't want to negatively affect the game. But he needed just 2 seconds to make a decision to give a second yellow for kicking the ball less than a second after the whistle in an 8th minute of 6 minutes stoppage time. was his thinking he would positively affect the game with this?

[@claescarlstrom6925]

Appreciate the nuanced take on referees and players. Well actually, I can completely understand the players "mistakes" as well. Especially in the heat of the moment between two league title rivals. I mean, just look at what Haaland did right after the last goal.

[@MrLeft11]

Im a Gooner but learnt a lot from your takes 🤝🏾

[@dr_naVed]

At last. Been waiting since yesterday

[@stwrtnan9682]

Hey there! Love your videos, been watching for a while. I have a request. If it's possible, can you plz do a tactical analysis of Bayern Munich's tactics under Kompany.

[@SirKingJosh]

The fact that Doku’s delay of game isn’t a yellow because the free kick spot was a few yards back, sounds oddly familiar to the situation against Brighton, where the player kicks the ball 3 yards forward into Declan, then proceeds to boot him in the ankle before the brandishes a second yellow for Declan. Again, it just seems that Arsenal players are refereed harder but maybe we’re all just making things up

[@AceMichaels-v4z]

Heartbreak for Arsenal. In the end Arsenal’s 2nd goal was checked by VAR. 2nd yellows leading to red are not. Not the same

[@garimadas4442]

What a match! Reminds me of Barclays prem

[@mikeblake9761]

Not going to steal the thought, I can't remember who said it to credit it to them but I think the front post overload on the corners from city was to stop Gabriel who scored from that position against spurs.

[@PaulFranks-cx3yd]

I love you Adam. That's it. Oh yes, do you have any advice for Eddie Howe for next Saturday please?

[@darriusdias]

Ends with "housery".

[@whatevername8551]

I appreciate your nuanced perspective, but Doku kicked before Oliver pointed, so it should have been a yellow. Or since City was not remotely ready to take a free kick, Trossard should not have been carded. They can't call one without the other and be consistent.

[@TauroDrD]

Although yes I agree, that both decisions with Walker, and Troussard were pretty similarly poor, I would say that the effect of giving away a goal in comparison to sending a team to 10 men, is massively different. As a gunner, having watched what happened a few times, it was definitely dumb from Troussard, to commit an obvious foul and then boot away the boot. But also, you play until the whistle, and that whistle to kick was a very short period of time.

[@itsbithorse]

Great video 😊 not sure Mark Clattenburg was the ref though 🤔

[@Pinkybum]

Guardiola's tactics were mystifying in the second half. It was obvious with the extremely low block that Arsenal deployed that long range shooting was going to be the main avenue to get a goal. Therefore, why did he not deploy at least one really good shooter of the ball at the top of the D? I would have put Akanji and Diaz inside the box as tall players to challenge for headers and pulled back Gundogan and maybe Savinho to partner Kovacic outside the box. Keep Walker back for his recovery speed just in case Arsenal break.

[@JohnnyMc5]

Always the bridesmaid….never the bride 😂NEARLY 😂

[@iliagorev1819]

Thank you for the vid! I just wanna say this re the refereeing. In general, a referee, in any sphere of life, is a facilitator of things, someone who makes sure things are going the way they are supposed to go and managing things so that the parties involved can maximise the value of whatever it is they came to do, so that things don't go BONKERS and so on. That said, you, as a referee, are not in the spotlight, quite the contrary, your goal is to stay as far away from the spotlight as possible. You have a rulebook, you make sure every participant is on the same page as to what is going to be applied and how it's going to be applied. And applying the approach consistently and coherently, so that the participants don't have to constantly project their potential action onto what a referee might think about it. By the way, I'm saying all this as a professional Mafia conductor. With that in mind, back to the issue at hand. The spirit of an ejection from a game,, whether it's a straight red or a second yellow, is removing a player who's either genuinely endangered another player, or someone who is consistently breaking the rules of the game, and who hasn't reacted to the warnings from the referee. In a sense, it's an extreme measure that should only be applied in extreme circumstances, there're exceptions when players are knowingly going for the ejection, but that's whole other story and bears no relevance here. I'll omit mentioning the fact that there's been slightly more than a second between the whistle and Trossard kicking the ball. I'll also omit mentioning the fact that Oliver didn't really think about this decision, it was way more of an impulse, an instinct. With all that said, was that really an offence worth ejecting a player?

[@Adam-pt3cb]

I don’t hate you for the opinion but trossard’s second yellow was for kicking the ball away. Time between the whistle going and trossard kicking the ball? 1second. My other half can be calling my name for a good 2 minutes sometimes while I contemplate my toenails. Now sometimes players definitely know what they’re doing in that sort of time period but sometimes it seems like they’re just in the moment actually playing the ball, and I’m biased but trossard’s really felt like the latter.

[@starmanwys]

watched the whole second half only for man city to score when i turned the tv off...

[@deploy_leroy]

Thank you for turning the TV on, maybe it was the only thing holding City back 😂

[@TheBrilliantGuy]

why turn your tv off just before the win

[@tomchamberlain4329]

That still with the mass of body parts for Gabriel's goal

[@88klac]

I'm an Arsenal fan and I agree with you. Trossard was an idiot, especially given Rice's previous sending off.

[@LittleTripoli]

Nah, the time between the whistle going and him making contact was .8 seconds, .6 when he has initiated the physical action. Standard reaction times are between .5 to .8 seconds, so we’re expecting something at the edge of human capabilities on the part of Trossard. I think the general heuristic for refs should be to not send people off for an action within 1 second of the whistle.

[@kavehf9183]

Was reminded of 2012 Chelsea and Roberto Di matteo when terry got sent off at 30th minute of the game, chelsea then conceded two goals from Barcelona Yet they were able to score two Of course Chelsea didn't bottle it😂

[@michogarry7421]

My friend "" WHY ARE U GAY""😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cmpc724]

16:36 Roy Keane disagrees with you 😂 Said in the post-match analysis that defending is the easy bit 😂

[@telboy007]

By watching Man City slowly pass it side to side for 45 minutes.

[@ferrm1992]

They DID pull pff the impossible: they went out with 1/3 pts with 10 men vs 12

[@ManUtdEnjoyer115]

Refs when they see arsenal winning a game: 🟥

[@kajjabajja123]

Thomas F’in Partey man.

[@user-lq5yx1ke5k]

Trossard's second yellow was justified, cry arse fans

[@the_savva_b]

Cholo did this against man city one time in a champions league… the fabled 6-4-0

[@jamesvalentine1295]

Arsenal were incredible

[@beatricewangeci7473]

Man city had 12 players , Michael Oliver added

[@Kristoph-69-69]

Without the red card Arsenal would have won 2-1. They'd have trussard to take the ball up the field.

[@jonathanwilliams1797]

Partey is too inconsistent and a liability. So many goals conceded can be traced back to his errors. We could afford it with Xhaka 2 seasons ago but even then we weren’t performing well enough to win the title. Really excited to see merino’s impact.

[@robertvincent7385]

I want to see what happens when Bruno fernandes gets sent off for descent twice and delaying a free kick

[@Gessl19]

Love you, chom... but remember the importance of vitamin D😄

[@p4rls961]

been waiting for this since the game yesterday michael oliver needs looking at, that was a horrific showing. both teams got bent over. first equaliser was ridiculous the red was fucking dumb and the 96 wait no 97 oh no you said 98 minute equaliser? fuck me what a joke

[@NayNay-hw6im]

The most corrupt teams are always the most difficult to beat

[@ArchieAshford]

we shouldve won that

[@samuelokeke146]

Next up how Micheal Jackson destroyed west ham burgers 😂😂

[@757Bricksquad]

Its called parking the bus

[@sagnikbhattacharyya8387]

Its just that the level of refering in the premiere league in recent times have been shockingly bad and to be fair its not just premiere league i suppose.

[@gooner7331]

Arsenal didn't successfully move the position of the free kick from which we scored. David Silva actually picked up the ball and dropped it there. The referee didn't tell arsenal to move the ball back and arsenal didn't offer to. Big difference and the fault lies with the referee for the free kick being taken from the wrong position. Well what do you know, incompetence by the match official effects the game in a negative manner for a team. It proves us right when we moan when it affects us and the contrary reasoning from the referee, var and pgmol for the Trossard red card is them trying to prove it was a correct decision by obsfucating. Rival fans seem to enjoy jumping on the pgmol and City reasoning to have a pop at arsenal. But people need to realise that they're falling for the oldest trick in the book and it will come back to bite their team on the arse at some point during the season. Pretty sure that wolves got done over by the refs and var the most last season. It doesn't just effect us arsenal fans, it effects all of us and the pgmol are using our tribalism against us

[@DylanGayle]

Honestly has been tough as an Arsenal fan to know we dropped two points from lack of focus...

[@adsbegon8405]

They should just get rid of the time wasting rules. goalkeeper taking too much time just add that much time on the stoppage time, player kicks the ball away he needs to get it back and that much time is added on to the stoppage time

[@AnakinFranklin]

Hmm... just like Declan Rice would have wasted more time by letting him kick a moving ball...

[@BF808Sound]

Arsenal have absolutely rattled man shitty

[@alzer6467]

ive never seen so many Man City interviews after a game crying about a draw...Theyre crying for CityPool and crying about the dark arts without a hint of irony. The team under investigation for years of fraud and cheating are crying about dark arts.

[@Mcfc-Bluemoon]

2 - 2 in your cup final 😂

[@armiter87]

Mark Clattenberg? Someone should watch these before you post

[@Dali_88]

There's no consistency in the referees decisions. What about Doku kicking the ball away??? It's a yellow card by the letter of the law. What good for the goose should be good for the gander

[@Sturdyeureka]

Feel free to argue and give conspiracies ⬇️

[@SJ-li6ho]

30 to 60 points deduction due Nov for man c for cheating

[@allcohoIic]

Thank god you are not an Arsenal fan.

[@karlpk3907]

Haaland, frighteningly enough, is beginning to understand how to play the 9. He is learning how to combine and run off the ball better than ever. That said, this first goal was inexcusable on the part of the Arsenal defense -- the minute you see Haaland's eyes go to the ball you should put him offside ESPECIALLY when you are yards away from him and there's nothing between the back line and the keeper. If he has an open channel to run into, he will find space to receive, and you will not be able to knock him off the ball and you likely will not be able to keep up with him, so you either have to make a great tackle from behind or hope your keeper can make a great save. You MUST keep him offside in that position or force him to step back onside, which would give you a head start on the through ball.

[@LittleTripoli]

It was bad defending, but as Merson noted post match it was incredible forward play by Haaland to stagger his run.

[@karlpk3907]

@@LittleTripoli Indeed it was a great run and a very cheeky finish at a covered near post with a rocket of a grass cutter the was in fact just a toe poke! He is learning to play the 9 correctly, which should be terrifying to teams. There were two occasions before the Trossard red that he received the ball, back to goal, once on the chest, once at feet, with incredible control and laid the ball off perfectly to an open teammate facing goal. It would be great at some point for our 442 guru to do a vid just on Haaland's improvement in striker play. Will Haaland be the first player EVER to score 1 goal per game (averaged) through ALL competitions in one season? (I don't think anyone has ever achieved that feat) If any player can do it, he can.