On January 1, 2022, Beijing time, a focus match in the 21st round of the Premier League, Arsenal hosted Manchester City at home. At the end of the half, Arsenal led 1-0 and besieged the opponent at one point, which seemed to have the hope of upsetting. But back in the second half, Arsenal's fans suffered a black 3 minutes, not only the score was equalized, but also the player was sent off with a red card.
This is the first game of 2022 in the actual sense of the five major leagues in Europe, and it is also a strong dialogue, so it has attracted the attention of many fans. Prior to this game, Arsenal had won five consecutive games in all competitions, while Manchester City had 11 consecutive wins to lead the Premier League table.
In the first half of the game, Arsenal's morale to win was very strong. In the 10th minute, Erdegaard was brought down after a breakthrough in the penalty area, but the referee did not award a penalty after a VAR review, and Manchester City escaped the disaster. In the first half of the game, Arsenal even had a period of siege against their opponents, which was not at all like the Gunners who lost 5-0 to Manchester City in the first round.
In the 30th minute, the situation on the field was finally broken. Tierney dribbled the ball at the back and he spotted Saka, who was interspersed in the penalty area, to pass the ball, who fired a low shot through City's goal. Saka's goal ended Arsenal's goal drought against Manchester City in the 560th minutes of the Premier League. In addition to Saka's goal in the half, Arsenal have several chances to score and it seems that they have a lot of hopes to win the game.
For Manchester City, who have won 10 consecutive games, their fighting spirit for this game does not seem to be very strong, which can be felt from Guardiola's on-the-spot command. But even so, City's formidable strength equalised in the ensuing game. In the 56th minute, the Zakara man sent a point and Mahrez stepped forward to help Manchester City equalize.
It was indeed a very frustrating moment for all arsenal players, with the oldster Xiaofa saying it was definitely not a penalty. In the time that followed, Arsenal suffered even more speechlessness. In the 57th minute, there was confusion in the Manchester City backline, the Arc goal line was cleared to avoid falling behind again in the game, and Martinelli faced the empty goal with an outrageous shot. Less than 3 minutes later, Gabriel was sent off with a 2-turn 1 red, and Arsenal, who had taken the lead at half-time, lost momentarily.
For Gabriel's red card, in fact, 2 penalties are justified. First of all, his first yellow card was due to a protest penalty. The second yellow card is to clearly block the opponent. The young Brazilian centre-back was sent off with two yellow cards in just three minutes, blaming himself for being too reckless. For Arsenal, the original good situation was completely rewritten after 3 minutes of this black.