Gary Neville believes Arsenal and Manchester City have once again demonstrated that they are the two best teams in the country, with the Gunners coming agonisingly close to a historic win at the Etihad.
Manchester City scored a very late equalizer against Mikel Arteta’s ten men in a closely contested game, revealing a new dimension to Arsenal’s play.
The Gunners, known for their well-oiled attacking style, were forced to play the second half in an ultra-defensive mode after going down to ten men.
They remained resolute deep into added time before City found the equaliser, breaking the hearts of Gooners.
It was an unfortunate end for Arteta’s side, but they can be proud of their performance at one of the toughest grounds to visit.
Neville watched the thrilling contest at the Sky Sports studios and said afterwards via their website:
“The two best teams in the country.
“Arsenal were so, so close. In a big, big battle today. But the biggest battle is still to come.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We may have dropped two points in this game, but this is one of our best performances in a long time.
Despite their huge disadvantage, the boys deserve credit for staying in the game for so long.
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The way all your players collapsed to the ground when city got the 2nd goal shows you have not got that mentality to win. You should have got the ball ran to the half way line to show your ready and try to nick the win.
Crap! The fourth official signalled a 7 minute extra time but that goal was scored deep in the 8th minute, what exactly do you expect them to do?
Good one, boys
I am not sure if this guy “Gary Neville”
is still a Manchester United former player. What do he want from the Gunners ‘s fans box. Can someone assist him with Manchester United’s fan base please.
Really ??
have you ever played football???
One man down for 55 minutes against the best team in the League, arguably in the world and you expect them to have the energy levels you just described???
It’s his full right to comment on football.
Foolish comment. Arsenal played against 11 Man City players plus the referee yet manage to secure a point when odds were stuck against them. What a brilliant team.
Not to mention just returning from Italy and maintain same energy with one less player…I think we are an exceptional team
Man city top went to Italy to face a tough opponent too…so arsenal gat no excuse. …d tougher task lies ahead , imagine aresenal playing a low block pattern and boring style lik Mourinho of old…..
Err Man City played Inter at home!
Honestly, you speak as if you never played soccer. You don’t know how drained players can get if they were destined to win and get three points, and then draw and end up with a point.
Gutsy performance even through 10 mens vs 12 men with Olivier assisting Man city with 9 minutes added time.
Remember that the added time was because of the time wasted
Really ??
have you ever played football???
One man down for 55 minutes against the best team in the League, arguably in the world and you expect them to have the energy levels you just described???
You
Clearly did not
Watch the game
With which Time cause after that goal the game was over
Shut up
Wow!! That reply must have taken you some time?!?!
Lmao there was 7 minutes of stoppage time and the goal was scpored at 90+8. What time was there to score?
To be City are quite lucky they managed to score, if they hadn’t hard questions would have to be asked about why they couldn’t get a decent result against a ten men side at home.
I don’t know how many time I’ve had to say this, but, time was added to added time for the treatment to Timber who’s injury overlapped added time. Happens often enough, but I’m sure you already knew that.
What about the red card ♦️ that came after 6 minutes of first half added time? 52 minutes and 30+ seconds
Oliver is shameless
The goal came after the 7 minutes extra time so we know it’s just seconds remaining. Please take away nothing from the players. It’s just a draw credit to arsenal players.
Nick the win in less than a min playing Man city? Com’on man.
Arsenal! We are the real deal! Am a Gooner for life.
No they are not humans defending for the whole second half and u expected to do magic with one man down
Increadible performance from gunners it is unbelievable against mancity with one man less and managed to get a point bravo
The way Man City celebrated the equaliser shows how tough these game was. They celebrated as if they had won the UEFA cup. Then ….it was on their own ground against a 10 man Arsenal. All credit should go to Arsenal.
Look at the stats on the B.B.C. website.
The way your players kept bouncing off the Arsenal players was quite funny. A point for citeh will not be enough when the points deductions for your cheating is decided
Guy ,call a spade a spade. The referee damaged this boys both mentally and phycologicallly but yet they did not surrender. That is enough to tell you that they have arrived. The will eventually displace city and mind you,some other quality arsenal players could not play do to injury and in this Etihad game,non is found wanting ,meaning the team now got the dept. Referee was a serious problem yesterday , otherwise,it should have been all arsenal.
Comment of the year right here. Grab the ball and, after playing an entire half with 10 men, try to nick a win. Just wow.
Come on now. Is even normal…. 10 V 11? What if they nick it and win 3-2?
You’re a joke. You defended successfully for 45+7 minutes only for you to concede in the 98th minute just as Trossard got read after the 1st half should have ended and you expect them to run with 10 men to go and win the game with cramps and tired legs all over the pitch?
Why didn’t City run to go and pick the ball and asked Arsenal to come and pass? Your Rodri-esque thinking is annoying. A draw at the Etihad is never a bad result any day at any time for any team. Thanks.
Try to nick the win u say really with a man down and all that pressing from Man City? Come on guy, the result was fair enough….
I think that is unfair. It is a 98th minute last kick of the ball equalizer, what is the point of going to start knowing that the referee is going to blow his whistle after the start.
Hope you get coaching badge soon
I agree… they both are the best teams in the Premier League right now..the battle is still to come!!! You notice that When you see them celebrate a draw against a team with 10 players!!
and we lost Ode, played away for 3 concecutive games, in which we played derby and still nicked 1-0 win, down to 10 men, I think if we were 11 against 11, we would win the match. Draw with extra men at your own home is a big joke for a team with such calibre as City.
There’s nothing to joke about, just say it without shame how u felt in the game touching just 202 times against city, that’s to show you what it means to be 1 man down against master class like city, give the whole credit to raya for he stands out amongst all in that match. just wait for the next battle, that draw means a lot to me and our team.
Arsenal really prove their worth against a solid city but I was pained with equaliser time. However, Kudos to the guys! They did a wonderful job in Mourinho style.
Gunners 4 life!!
Well played guys tall l can say,but this thing of incompetence referees against Arsenal must be looked at
Today we see another kicking the ball away with no card disbursed for a city player.
Why was Trossard given a red?
Do people even know what it means to play with 10 men and such pressure where the ref was the 12th city player?
It’s funny how EPL has become.
You have to score after the extra time to get a draw.
Give arsenal some credit.
Either change the two yellows are a red rule or allow substitutions for red cards .
It is idiotic that teams are penalized in this day and age by being reduced to ten men.
😂😂😂
It’s called minimum time.
most of these refs don’t like us but we are resolute and strong 💪 we are the gunners and we are a great team with big ambition so no matter what they do we will keep moving forward together bravo to our boys my advice to our coach he need to educate our players to stop misbehaving cause I think they haven’t learn this lessons yet that no matter what the tension no players should ever kick the ball away whenever the ref signal for a foul on the pitch they need to be very disaplain on this no more mistakes again
That it seems refs are against a club goes for all teams when things are not going your way. Last season or two it was Liverpool, and so every manager has complained about refs and VAR. You didn’t seem to say you were lucky with that obvious Odegaard handball against Liverpool last season. So learn to take the good with the bad, my man!
Read the stats on the B.B.C. website. One must take a holistic view of the match.
Well we’ll be champions if we keep our style for the season our guys gave everything ,but we were unfortunate not to collect all the 3 points ,the red card was of big disadvantage for us but going forward our players must always know that referees are always fighting us whether we are playing city or not ,therefore they must always try to maintain that highest level of discipline, I think the problem for trossard was he fouled a player and kicked the ball same time there it attracts the referre to give him the second yellow ,let’s try to avoid such things ,coz the referees will always got chance to punish 8s
It was really heartbreaking to get an equalizer at the very dead time after the added time. Also the Red card was 3 mins after the added time. Arsenal really defended well n we deserved 3 points. A draw for us was simply a win because 55 mins one man down against city was hell. The boys deserve some great applaud. Thank you boys for making us proud. Some times you pass through a lot of bad things to get prepared for the future, Brighton game really prepared us for this bitter test.
Carelessness of our players has denied us 4 points already. Our players should be extra disciplined knowing that FA rules are strictly applied when Arsenal is involved. Arteta should be ruthless on players who refused to learn from this lesson in our subsequent matches. We can not just continue like this.
This is the game that finally gives Arteta and Arsenal the believe that they can go the season Unbeaten, that they can win every single trophy this season.
If they stick to lining up, playing and defending every game the way they did today, this Arsenal team is unstoppable.
Artetaball 2024/25 Squad. 22/09/2024.
4-3-1-2 formation
Starter (Bench)
Gk -:
Raya, (Neto, Setford, Nygaard)
4 Defence Occupiers:-
White, Saliba, Magalhaes, Calafiori, (Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Heaven, Monlouis, Kacurri)
3 Midfield Occupiers:-
Havertz, Partey, Rice, (Merino, Ife Ibrahim, Zachariah Shuaib).
1 Central Driver:-
Odegaard, (Zinchenko, Jorginho, Trossard, Sterling, Ethan, Lewis, Oulad, Gower).
2 Wing Drivers:-
Saka, Martinelli, (Jesus, Timbre, Tierney, Butler, Kabia, Josh)
How many shots did Ederson have to save? Raya made at least three good to outstanding saves. City also hit the post with a fantastic free kick.
It was really heartbreaking but we appreciate the boys for fighting till the end of the game with a point while one man down…Now my concern is why only Arsenal defenders only the ones scoring what happened to our strickers
It seems like Arsenal were at a disadvantage in both halves at the Etihad. The referee initially added 6 minutes in the first half, but it was extended to 9 minutes. In the second half, 7 minutes were initially added, but it was also extended to 9 minutes. It appears that the match officials were determined to ensure Arsenal’s defeat.
We scored our second goal in first half added time,and extra time was then added for the celebrations etc. Timber’s injury on 90 minutes added time to added time for his treatment.
Arsenal is better than city now!!!!
When Arsenal got a red card, I thought it would be over for them in the 2nd half. I was shocked Man City struggled to only have a very late equalizer. I doff my hat for Arsenal . Consistency is what will determine who will lift the trophy between the two clubs.
Wow…nice one Gunners you played well guzs. Garry V you want to be famous that is why you keep talking about Arsenal every week, why can’t you concentrate on YOUR man U?.