Arsenal vs. Manchester City score: Five minutes of madness costs Gunners in fiery Emirates Stadium clash
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City struck late on to win 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium
Arsenal's best performance of the season, perhaps of many seasons, ended with no reward as Rodri's stoppage time winner earned Manchester City yet another win over the Gunners.
Simply not conceding in the opening exchanges was progress for Arsenal, so often City's whipping boys, and yet this was so much more than that. But without their manager Mikel Arteta, sidelined with COVID-19, Arsenal put in a performance of maturity, collective spirit and youthful vigor for 85 of the 90 minutes. Bukayo Saka's first half goal gave the hosts a lead they thoroughly deserved. It might have been more, with Martin Odegaard denied a penalty early on and Gabriel Martinelli continually going close.
The issue was rather what happened in those other five minutes, a period when Arsenal's heads briefly were thoroughly gone. First Granit Xhaka gave away a reckless penalty then Martinelli then missed an open goal and finally Gabriel received a second yellow moments after being booked for scuffing up the spot ahead of Riyad Mahrez's penalty equalizer.