In a key match in the fifth round of the new Premier League, Manchester City drew 2-2 at home to Arsenal, in which John Stones scored at the last minute to help the team accumulate 13 points and return to the top position. The course of this game was full of ups and downs, and it deserved to be at the top of the table, but the draw was an unsatisfactory result for both sides, and the winners were Liverpool and Villa, who were both on 12 points.
With Manchester City's 2-2 draw with Arsenal, there are also 4 incredible and 3 indisputable facts.
Four incredibles:
1, referee Oliver crazy stealing the scene, Arsenal's two goals in the first half were controversial, such as Oliver called Walker and Saka to communicate, Walker has not yet returned to his position, and finally Arsenal sent a quick free kick to equalize, Oliver signaled that it was valid, and then Martinelli was suspected of fouling Ederson first, VAR intervened, and Oliver still ruled that the goal was valid. Also, Oliver's sending off Trossard is also controversial.
2. Haaland scored too easily in the Premier League, scoring 10 goals in 5 consecutive rounds at the beginning, becoming the least number of goals required to score 10 goals in the history of the Premier League. In addition, Haaland has reached the 100th goal of his Premier League career, taking only 105 games, which is also the fastest record in the Premier League. If nothing else, this season's Premier League Golden Boot is basically none other than Haaland.
3. In the summer of this year, Calafiori joined Arsenal from Bologna, waited for more than a month to get the opportunity to make his first Premier League start, and scored the first goal of Arsenal's career in the face of defending champion Manchester City, and became the 20th player in Arsenal history to do so.
4. Manchester City extended their unbeaten home streak in all competitions to 48 games, with a record of 39 wins and 9 draws, and the Etihad Stadium has completely become the home of the terrifying devil. In addition, Manchester City have lost just one of their 43 matches in all competitions since losing 1-0 to Villa on 7 December last year, with their only defeat coming in last season's FA Cup final 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.
Three indisputable facts:
1. Manchester City's home stadium continues to put Arsenal in a winless curse, which has lasted for 9 seasons, and the last away win was back in 2015.
2. According to statistics, Manchester City played one more person in the second half, with a possession rate of 88%, 28 shots on goal, 9 shots on target, 3 major chances, and finally Stones scored the equalizer, which was originally 0 points into 1 point, which also reflects Manchester City's strong offensive ability.
3. Since Arteta took charge, this Arsenal team has become more and more of a strong team, which can be reflected in one statistic, that is, since last season, Arsenal has continued to remain unbeaten against traditional BIG6 teams in the Premier League, winning 7 wins and 5 draws in 12 games.