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Arsenal dropped point for the first time at the Emirates in the Premier League 2025-26 season as Manchester City Football Club earned a hard fought point at the Emirates. Pep Guardiola played a little defensively after getting the early goal, but ultimately, his defence could not keep the home side away from scoring until the end of the match.
The first goal of the game arrived quite early as Erling Haaland got a huge opportunity to put his side in the front seat as Tijjani Reijnders assisted an excellent ball in front of the Norwegian as he could come one on one with Raya and Haaland does not miss such chances as he got his side ahead with their first opportunity.
Arsenal and Manchester City shared a point each at the Etihad in the Premier League gameweek 5
Manchester City dominated the game for the first 20 minutes and despite being the home side, Arsenal could not create any proper attack until the 30th minute of the game. Donnarumma remained like a brick wall in front of the Manchester City goal which was looking really difficult for Arsenal to break.
Arsenal finally dropped points at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League campaign of 2025-26
Madueke was arguably the best player for Arsenal in the first half, but all of the attacks on the home side were prevented as Manchester City defence looked really unbreakable in the first 45 minutes. At the end of the first half, the score line remained 1-0 as the early goal from Erling Haaland separated the two sides.
Manchester City climb to the 9th position of the table
From the very first minute of the second half, Arsenal had been extremely dominant as Manchester City looked really confident to keep their lead intact. The Gunners got multiple chances to score, but the newest addition in the Manchester City team, Gianluigi Donnarumma kept on stopping all the attempts made by the home side.
In the 93rd minute, Arsenal finally broke the deadlock which was looking impossible at a point. Gabriel Martinelli scored the goal by the chipping it over the head of Donnarumma who look a little over confident during this move. Eberechi Eze's assist was pitch perfect in terms of timing. The match ended 1-1 at both sides sharing a point each in the Premier League gameweek 5.
