The game got off to a fiery start with a VAR check just seconds after kickoff, as Kai Havertz bumped into Rodri, but was deemed as just a body bump no malice involved from the German.
Erling Haaland put Manchester City ahead after just nine minutes, but Arsenal equalized through Riccardo Calafiori’s thunderous strike into the top right corner. The match continued intensely, with Arsenal taking the lead through Gabriel’s header from a corner, but disaster struck when Leandro Trossard received a second yellow card, reducing Arsenal to ten men.
