Arsenal gets under Man City's skin amid 'dark arts' accusations in English soccer's new big rivalry
Arsenal has gotten under Manchester City’s skin in what has fast become the new big rivalry in English soccer
Call it the dark arts. Call it anti-football. Call it doing whatever it takes to win.
Arsenal tried it all against Manchester City on Sunday in the latest chapter of the Premier League’s new heavyweight rivalry — and came within seconds of victory.
“There was only one team that came to play football,” Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva grumbled after an intense, absorbing and incident-packed 2-2 draw at Etihad Stadium. “The other came to play to the limits of what was possible to do and allowed by the referee, unfortunately.”
John Stones’ equalizer for City in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time denied Arsenal, which played with 10 men for the entire second half, what would have been a defining victory for a team that is getting closer and closer to Pep Guardiola’s repeat champions.
