Football|Erling Haaland completed his 100th goal for Manchester City.
Manchester City and Arsenal offered a battle for the top of the English Premier League on Sunday, which was not lacking in drama, goals and controversial situations.
Arsenal persevered with a man underpowered until the closing moments in a 2-1 away lead, until City equalized in extra time in the eighth minute. The match played in the rain ended with a score of 2–2. City are at the top of the Premier League with 13 points and Arsenal are two points behind in fourth.
City took the lead in the ninth minute when the Norwegian star scored Erling Haaland ran away to score and flashed the ball into the net.
Haaland already scored his 100th goal for City, when he has 105 games for the Manchester giants on his account. At the same time, the Norwegian side Cristiano Ronaldo a record, as the Portuguese star once needed 105 matches to hit a hundred in Real Madrid.
Erling Haaland hit again.
On Sunday, the home team got bad news when Rodri had to be replaced at twenty minutes due to a knee injury.
After City’s initial rush, Arsenal got into the game well, and Riccardo Calafiori scored a handsome equalizer in the 22nd minute.
The hit brought emotions to the surface in City’s players and coaching staff. City captain Kyle Walker had been a referee by Michael Oliver talking and out of position when the attack that led to Arsenal’s goal started.
Arsenal are known as a very dangerous team in special situations, and in the extra time of the opening half Gabriel Magalhaes kicked the visitors from London into the lead in a corner kick situation.
There was more drama in the closing moments of the opening half, when Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard took his second yellow card and flew to the shower. The second yellow came after Trossard fouled Bernardo Silva elbowed him in the back and then kicked the ball away.
Leandro Trossard was kicked out.
In the second half, City clearly dominated, grinded and grinded, but Arsenal, who defended deep in their own half of the field, lasted almost until the end.
David Raya played a brilliant match with the visitors’ goal, and the whole team defended with unity and discipline. Eventually John Stones equalized after a corner kick from a goal kick.
of Brighton and Nottingham Forest saw as many as three red cards, two of which went to the head coaches of the teams.
After more than 80 minutes of playing, Forest Morgan Gibbs-White received his second yellow card of the match and flew to the shower.
Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo and the official brother of Brighton Fabian Hürzeler bit so strongly in the situation that the referee Robert Jones showed both of them a red card.
The teams ended up with a score of 2–2.
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