The Manchester City and Arsenal match witnessed great excitement from the first moments, as Erling Haaland succeeded in achieving the lead after only 8 minutes of the fifth round of the Premier League summit.
The Norwegian international took advantage of the spaces behind Arsenal’s defense to be alone in front of David Raya’s goal, where he had no difficulty in giving Pep Guardiola’s squad the advantage by putting the ball in the net.
Although Arsenal seemed to rely on defensive football as Mikel Arteta usually does against Guardiola, Riccardo Calafiori quickly succeeded in achieving the equalizer for the guests.
The Italian star received the ball with his left foot on the edge of the penalty area, where he launched a fantastic shot with his left foot that goalkeeper Ederson was unable to deal with, and thus Arsenal equalized in the 22nd minute.
This is the first goal of the Italian defender who recently joined Arsenal this summer, and perhaps it is the best start to prove his abilities.
We leave you with Haaland’s goal and then Calafiori’s response.
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