Manchester City snatches a difficult victory over Arsenal in the English...

Manchester City snatched a difficult victory over its host Arsenal, 2-1, during the match that brought them together today, Saturday, in the twenty-first round of the English Premier League.

Arsenal advanced with a goal scored by Bukayo Saka in the 31st minute, and Manchester City tied with a goal scored by Riyad Mahrez in the 57th minute from a penalty kick, before Rodrigo Hernandez scored the winning goal for Manchester City in the third minute of overtime.

Arsenal had to complete the match with ten men since the 59th minute after Gabriel Magalis was sent off.

Manchester City raised its score to 53 points at the top of the standings, and Arsenal’s balance stopped at 35 points in fourth place.

The start of the match came quickly from both sides, and Manchester City quickly imposed control over the course of the meeting and continued its offensive attempts in search of a goal to score, which led to Arsenal’s retreat to its midfield and reliance on counter-attacks.

Despite the offensive attempts of the two teams and the great speed in the transfer of attacks, they failed to pose a real danger to the two goals, as play was limited to the midfield.

Play remained confined to the midfield until the 14th minute, which witnessed a dangerous opportunity for Manchester City when Raheem Sterling played a cross from the right side, Robin Days rose to it and met it with a header, but his ball passed next to the right post.

Arsenal responded in the 16th minute when Gabriel Martinelli shot the ball from the left and entered the penalty area to face Ederson Moraes, Manchester City goalkeeper, to hit a powerful ball that the goalkeeper turned into a corner kick that was not used.

After that attack, the Arsenal team became active offensively and imposed its control over the course of the match in search of scoring the goal, on the other hand, Manchester City retreated a little to its midfield to absorb the enthusiasm of the Arsenal players.

In the 31st minute, Arsenal scored the goal when Kieran Tierney passed a ball on the edge of the penalty area, to be met by Boakayo Saka with a powerful shot that hugged his ball.

Manchester City intensified its offensive attempts in search of an equalizer, on the other hand, Arsenal retreated to its midfield and spoiled all Manchester City’s attempts and relied on counter-attacks that posed a threat to Manchester City’s goal.

Arsenal almost added the second goal in the 43rd minute when Martinelli penetrated the ball from the left side and entered the penalty area and hit a strong ground ball, but it passed next to the left post of goalkeeper Ederson Moraes.

The remaining time of the first half passed without a new one before the referee blew his final whistle, with Arsenal advancing with a clean goal.

With the beginning of the second half, Manchester City intensified its offensive attempts in search of scoring the goal, on the other hand, Arsenal retreated to its midfield to maintain a clean sheet and progress.

In the 54th minute, after returning to the video assistant referee technology, the referee awarded a penalty kick to Manchester City after Granit Chaka blocked Bernardo Silva inside the penalty area, and Riyad Mahrez scored it successfully, scoring the equalizer in the 57th minute.

In the 58th minute, Arsenal almost scored the second goal when a long ball was played by Emerk Laporte, who headed back to goalkeeper Ederson Moraes, who was advancing to get the ball, so the ball went towards the empty goal, but Nathan Ake pushed it off the goal line to bounce back to Martinelli, who hit the ball but hit the left post. She went out for a goal kick.

In the 59th minute, the referee declared the red card in Gabriel’s face after he violently interfered.

Manchester City’s attacking attempts continued in search of a goal to advance, on the other hand, Arsenal relied on narrowing spaces and launching counter-attacks whenever they had the opportunity.

Arsenal players were able to spoil all of Manchester City’s offensive attempts before they posed any danger to Aaron Ramsdale’s goal, to limit the play to the midfield.

Play remained confined to the midfield until the third minute of stoppage time for the match, which saw Manchester City score the second goal when a cross was played from the right, which was met by Aymeric Laporte with a shot that hit the foot of an Arsenal defender to bounce back to Rodrigo Hernandez, who met it with a shot into the goal.

The remaining time of the second half passed without anything new before the referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, with Manchester City winning 2-1.