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The top two teams in the Premier League, Manchester City and Arsenal, went head-to-head for the first time in the 2024-25 season on Sunday, September 22. In front of a sold-out Etihad Stadium, they played their hearts out, reminding each spectator why the English top flight is considered the pinnacle of league soccer. Both sides made plenty of mistakes throughout the 90, but just like last season, neither team could pounce on them. It finished 2-2 on the blue side of Manchester, which allowed the hosts to retain the top spot but saw the North London outfit slip from second position to fourth.<\/p>\n

Manchester City Pull Ahead And Then Surrender In The First Half<\/h2>\n

The Etihad Stadium has become the most feared stadium in English soccer over the years \u2014 a place where very few teams manage to hold their own. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal were all set to lead the change on Sunday, but the ruthless hosts did not let them breathe in the first quarter of the game.<\/p>\n

City’s dominance bore fruit just nine minutes into the game, with Erling Haaland firing his team into the lead. Savinho received the ball on the right flank, cut inside after beating Riccardo Calafiori, and played Haaland through down the middle. The Norwegian zipped past Gabriel Magalhaes and applied a cool finish to beat David Raya from close range. It marked Haaland’s 100th goal \u2014 10th goal this season \u2014 for Manchester City in only 105 games, equalling Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for Real Madrid<\/a>. Four minutes after Haaland’s opener, Ilkay Gundogan clipped the outside of Arsenal’s right-hand post from an excellent free-kick.<\/p>\n

City was in complete control of the game when Arsenal struck. Much to the frustration of Pep Guardiola and his men, Arsenal took a quick free-kick and set Gabriel Martinelli free down the left channel. Kyle Walker covered the Brazilian, but he could do nothing to stop him from playing the ball back to Calafiori. The Italian dispatched a belter with his left foot, beating Ederson and sending the ball into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

In the first minute of first-half added time, Arsenal completed the turnaround, with Bukayo Saka’s inswinging corner allowing Gabriel to head it home from close range.<\/p>\n

Calamity And Despair For Arsenal<\/h2>\n

The late Gabriel goal left Arsenal in an excellent position, but calamity struck in the closing moments of the first half. Already on a yellow, Leandro Trossard fouled Bernardo Silva in front of the referee. He also kicked the ball away in frustration after the referee blew the whistle. As a result, Trossard got a second yellow and left his team in an unfortunate position with an entire half left to play.<\/p>\n

Due to Trossard’s dismissal, Arteta focused all his energy on preserving his team’s narrow advantage. Ben White came in for Saka at the start of the second half and City got the license to go hunting. In the 59th minute, Haaland came close to finding the back of the net, as he directed Walker’s corner kick toward Raya’s goal. The Spaniard, however, was equal to the challenge and kept his team in the game. Three minutes later, Josko Gvardiol fired a low drive, but Raya, once again, proved his mettle.<\/p>\n

Arsenal’s heroic resistance ultimately shattered in the eighth minute of injury time, with John Stones popping up with the equalizer. Following a short corner, Jack Grealish played the ball back to Mateo Kovacic, who went for goal with a first-time effort. Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior went in to block his shot, but his intervention did more harm than good, as the ball took a deflection and fell kindly to Stones, allowing him to send the ball into the empty net.<\/p>\n

It was a gut-wrenching end to Arsenal’s game, but they can take a lot of heart from the way they fought with the champions, especially with a handicap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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