Man City 2-2 Arsenal: Heroic Gunners battle opposition and officials

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Where to start? Well, how about the first few seconds when Kai Havertz bumped into Rodri, who stepped across his path. The Spanish international pretended he’d been caught in the face and the game was stopped for two minutes while he kept up the facade and got some treatment. That set the tone for what was to come.

Minutes later, Erling Haaland clattered into William Saliba as he was making an aerial clearance, a dangerous action...