Man City late show denies 10-man Arsenal

Manchester City and Arsenal settled for a draw  

John Stones scored deep in injury time as Manchester City salvaged a 2-2 draw with 10-man Arsenal on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium to remain top of the English Premier League table after a rip-roaring battle against its bitter title rival.
The draw in what was more of a slugfest than a chess match left Pep Guardiola’s men with 13 points after five matches while Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal is fourth with 11.
Erling Haaland put Manchester City ahead in the ninth minute when Savinho threaded a beautiful through ball that the big Norwegian sprinted onto and then slotted past David Raya.
Ricardo Calafiori cancelled out Haaland’s goal with his first for Arsenal, a screamer from about 20 metres out in the 22nd minute. 
Arsenal had caught Manchester City unprepared with a free kick in the lead-up as Guardiola karate-kicked his chair.
Gabriel put the visitors ahead in first-half injury time when he darted in to leap high and head home Bukayo Saka’s corner.
Arsenal was reduced to 10-men when Leandro Trossard was shown a second yellow card and sent off just before half time for kicking the ball away and delaying the restart.
It looked poised for its first win at the Etihad Stadium since 2015 before Stones prodded in from close range in the 98th minute. 
Manchester City earlier lost midfielder Rodri to injury 21 minutes into the game when he appeared to twist his knee while tangling with Arsenal’s Thomas Partey.
Rodri also went down following a collision with Kai Havertz in the opening seconds but that was not deemed punishable by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). 
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