The hottest-ever New Year's Day successful London saw Arsenal fans get heated aft a meltdown against Manchester City.
Arsenal fans hurled integrative bottles and toilet rolls astatine City’s celebrating players aft Rodri scored a stoppage-time victor astatine the Emirates Stadium connected Saturday arsenic temperatures reached 16.2 degrees Celsius successful the capital.
City’s comeback to triumph 2-1 and unafraid an 11th consecutive Premier League triumph was completed successful the 3rd infinitesimal of stoppage time, prompting Rodri to rip disconnected his jersey and descent crossed the tract close successful beforehand of the location support.
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“We struggled a small spot successful the archetypal half, the 2nd fractional we played much of our game," Rodri said. "They did a large crippled but fortunately we showed our champions personality.”
As City moved 11 points successful beforehand of second-place Chelsea astatine the apical of the standings, fourth-place Arsenal was near dwelling connected its collapse.
City had been trailing done Bukayo Saka’s extremity during an electrifying first-half show from Arsenal.
But the crippled shifted successful City’s favour during a two-minute spell aft the break.
Granit Xhaka conceded a punishment for bringing down Bernardo Silva with a trailing limb and Riyad Mahrez leveled from the spot successful the 57th minute.
What proved arsenic costly for Arsenal was Gabriel getting booked for trying to scuff the punishment spot earlier Mahrez’s kick.
Within a minute, Arsenal had an contiguous accidental to regain the lead. But Nathan Ake’s hooked, scrambling goal-line clearance prevented an ain extremity from Aymeric Laporte aft helium headed implicit goalkeeper Ederson.
Then Gabriel was booked again successful the 59th and saw reddish for fouling Gabriel Jesus.
Arsenal’s attempts to cling connected to the constituent were thwarted by Laporte’s deflected changeable reaching Rodri to score.
“We are precise frustrated with the result if you play a crippled similar this against 1 of the champion teams successful the world," said Arsenal adjunct manager Albert Stuivenberg, who was connected the touchline portion manager Mikel Arteta isolates with COVID-19.
"At the extremity to person zero points is frustrating due to the fact that we should person won the game.”
Arsenal was frustrated successful the archetypal fractional not to beryllium awarded a punishment earlier Saka struck with a first-time transportation from Kieran Tierney's well-placed pass, City goalkeeper Ederson having escaped enactment for bringing down Martin Odegaard.
“I americium looking for consistency,” Stuivenberg said. “We person VAR successful spot truthful wherefore not cheque yourself arsenic a referee? That did not hap truthful it is disappointing.”
In the different 2 fixtures today, West Ham bushed Crystal Palace 3-2, portion Tottenham Hotspur scored successful the sixth infinitesimal of stoppage clip to bushed Watford 1-0.
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