In the 21st round of the Premier League, Arsenal hosted Manchester City, and finally won the opponent with a penalty from Mahrez and Rodri's 92-minute goal, scoring three points. It was also a win in 11 consecutive games for Manchester City, while the last 10 games against Arsenal have all won against their opponents. This game as the focus of this round of the game, there are still a lot of highlights, but after the end of the game, the fans talked about the most is the referee who enforced the game, Atwell.
Let's take a look at this game first, from the post-match data, Arsenal at home are behind in all aspects of statistics. In terms of possession and number of shots, it is far behind the opponent, especially in terms of possession rate, Manchester City occupies more than 70% of the possession rate of the whole game, of course, this is also related to Arsenal's early players in the second half. In the 59th minute of the game, Gabriel received two yellow cards in three minutes, and Arsenal had to play with 10 people, which basically ruined Arsenal's hopes of victory, which is also the focus of the referee's spit.
Judging from the referee's penalty scale in this game, it is indeed a bit strict, and a total of 7 yellow cards and 1 red card were taken out throughout the game, of which 5 yellow cards were given to Arsenal's players. Judging from the process of sentencing, some blowable or non-blowing actions have basically chosen to be punished, and the dissatisfaction of Arsenal fans is mainly in most of the penalty process, which is a little more when the home team is blown. As a referee, especially if you blow a game with a very high degree of attention, any decision of the referee needs to be cautious.
In addition to the referee's problem, it must be admitted that Arsenal played very well in this game, with Saka, Martinelli and others in the front and Fuan Kenyang in the back. In particular, Fuan Jianyang faced Sterling, who was in a hot state recently, basically did not give his opponent too many opportunities, did a very good job in restricting, and basically completed the task given to him by the team. It's just a pity that his team didn't last the draw to the end with one less person to fight.
Judging from the actual game situation, Arsenal actually deserve a draw, but unfortunately luck is not on their side. Arteta's side still failed to win the game when facing his former mentor Pep Guardiola, which can also be seen that Manchester City is currently in a hot state. However, arsenal's form in recent times has allowed many Gunners fans to see their hopes of re-entering the Champions League, and Arsenal are currently in fourth place in the league, as long as they maintain this state, they may really be able to return to the Champions League at the end of the season.