Follow usArsenal and Manchester City drew 1-1 in North London as the Sky Blues had the lead until the 93rd minute, but Martinelli saved his team a few minutes after entering the pitch with his goal.
The only goal in the 1st half was scored by the Sky Blues. After only 9 minutes, Man City took advantage of a counterattack as Tijjani Reijnders found Erling Haaland, and the Norwegian goal scorer gave no chance to David Raya to save his shot.
Coming back to grab a priceless point 💪 pic.twitter.com/t1Vrei8Ml5
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 21, 2025
In the extra time of the 1st half, the Gunners got their best chance in the 1st 45 minutes of the game to score, but the new goalkeeper of the visiting team, Gianluigi Donnarumma, kept his team’s lead.
At halftime, Mikel Arteta made 2 changes in his attack as he put Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze on the pitch as they replaced Merino and Madueke.
Arsenal started the 2nd half better, but another Man City counterattack almost finished with another goal by Erling Haaland, but this time his shot was saved by Raya in the 57th minute.
That pass from Eberechi Eze to Gabriel Martinelli to bag Arsenal the equaliser vs. Man City 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/03Z3j3xVQ4
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) September 21, 2025
However, in the additional time Eberechi Eze’s phenomenal assist to Gabriel Martinelli finished with the Brazilian lobbing Donaruma and equalizing the result for the final 1-1 at Emirates.
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