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Football. EPL. Manchester City escaped defeat with just seconds left in the match with Arsenal
23.09.2024 08:37
Sunday was marked by one of the most spectacular football matches among all the leading national championships.
The English Premier League's fifth round saw teams that were neck and neck for the championship last season meet.
Then, Manchester City footballers still won the next title. And in the current confrontation with London's Arsenal, they could have lost.
Who scored?
Only in the eighth minute of added time did Josep Guardiola's men escape defeat by leveling the score.
Thus, the TOP confrontation of all of Europe ended in a fighting draw – 2:2.
It is curious that in the current season of the English championship, none of these teams have yet experienced the bitterness of defeat.
However, before this match, the Londoners had been losing on the Citizens’ field all the time – seven times in a row in the last matches.
It should be noted that Norwegian Erling Haaland scored again for the Citizens (in the 9th minute), scoring his hundredth goal for the team.
John Stones also scored a goal. This was the saving ball sent into the opponent's goal in the 90+8 minute.
As for the Gunners, goals were scored by Ricardo Calafiori (22nd minute) and Gabriel (45+1).
In the 45+8 minute, the Londoners had a misfortune – Leandro Trossard was sent off. Mikel Arteta’s team played with one man down for the entire second half.
Other games
Among the other matches of the round, it is worth noting Chelsea's crushing away victory over West Ham (3:0). Liverpool beat Bournemouth at home with the same score.
The scores were 3:1 in the matches Fulham v Newcastle, Tottenham v Brentford and Aston Villa v Wolverhampton.
Manchester United failed to beat Crystal Palace away from home – 0:0.
The remaining matches also ended in draws: Southampton - Ipswich Town (1:1), Leicester - Everton (1:1), Brighton - Nottingham Forest (2:2).
Manchester City currently lead the Premier League with 13 points.
Next come Liverpool (12), Aston Villa (12), Arsenal (11), Chelsea (10) and Newcastle (10).
