Remember when Olivier Giroud played for Arsenal? Yes, it was a long, long time ago, in 2015, and Mikel Arteta wasn‘t even the coach of the team from North London. Gunners were led by legendary Arsene Wenger and he was the last one to defeat Manchester City at the Etihad (coach was Mauricio Pelegrini). Nine years from then, and for the first time in Pep Guardiola‘s era, Arsenal were one minute away from a fantastic win with only 10 men, before John Stones kept an aura of invincibility: Manchester City – Arsenal 2-2. Arsenal‘s attack is good an lethal, but make no mistake, it was Arsenal‘s defence which nearly won this game, both at the back and in the attack. There are hardly words to explain good Mikel Arteta and his men were in this game, and yet they were denied a win by a late, late goal and another Rice-like second yellow card which forced them to play the entire second half with 10 men. Hard to do against City. They fought hard at the enemy ground, they were losing after only nine minutes, but not only recovered, but turned the game around after only 36 minutes. And then they orcestrated a magnificent defense with 10 men against the best attack in the league and were 60 seconds away from the win. Stones Goal to make it 2-2 pic.twitter.com/wXGp1dX4Og— Collins (@TheR9Guy) September 22, 2024 MORE TO FOLLOWENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 5SaturdayWest Ham – Chelsea 0-3 (0-2)/Jackson 4, 18, Palmer 47/Aston Villa – Wolverhampton 3-1 (0-1)/Watkins 73, Konsa 88, Duran 90+4 – Cunha 25/Fulham – Newcastle 3-1 (2-0)/Jimenez 5, Smith-Rowe 22, Nelson 90+2 – Barnes 46/Leicester – Everton 1-1 (0-1)/Mavididi 73 – Ndiaye 12/Liverpool – Bournemouth 3-0 (3-0)/Diaz 26,28, Nunez 37/Southampton – Ipswich 1-1 (1-0)/Dibling 5 – Morsy 90+5/Tottenham – Brentford 3-1 (2-1)/Solanke 8, Johnson 28, Maddison 85 – Mbeumo 1/Crystal Palace – Man Utd 0-0SundayBrighton – Nott.Forest 2-2 (2-1)/Hinshelwood 42, Welbeck 45 – Wood 13 pen, Sosa 70/Man.City – Arsenal 2-2 (1-2)/Halaand 9, Stones 90+8 – Calafiori 22, Gabriel 45+2/
