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<\/p>\nLondon (PA Media\/dpa) \u2013 Manchester City extended their Premier League winning run to 11 games as Rodri scored in injury-time to settle a heated contest against 10-man Arsenal on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Pep Guardiola\u2019s side had not been at the races until they were awarded a penalty on 57 minutes, with Riyad Mahrez converting to cancel out Bukayo Saka\u2019s opener before Rodri struck in stoppage-time to secure a 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n
An ill-tempered affair had seen Gabriel Magalhaes sent off after being booked twice inside two minutes, with Arsenal unable to hold on for a deserved point.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe struggled a little bit in the first half, the second half we played more of our game,\u00bb Rodri told BT Sport. \u00abThey did a great game but fortunately we showed our champions personality.\u201d<\/p>\n
City manager Pep Guardiola meanwhil insisted the title was not settled despite moving 11 points clear of Chelsea and 12 ahead of Liverpool before the chasing duo meet Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u00abEleven games [won] in a row, that is great in this period,\u00bb he said. \u00ab[But] just take a look at our bench today, there were four guys from the academy.<\/p>\n
\u00abWe had many cases of Covid and injuries. This period we were incredibly tired. Arsenal was better today. Sometimes it can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even with manager Mikel Arteta watching on from home having tested positive for Covid, the Gunners were the better side until they imploded in a bizarre three-minute spell.<\/p>\n
It was the hosts who started on the front foot and thoroughly deserved the lead given to them just after the half-hour, Saka sweeping home a Kieran Tierney pass to break the deadlock \u2013 Arsenal\u2019s first league goal against City in over nine hours of football.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Martinelli would bend an effort just wide as Arsenal looked to increase their advantage towards the end of a first-half they dominated.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate reaction to a pedestrian opening 45 minutes for the league leaders \u2013 at least until Arsenal proved to be architects of their own downfall.<\/p>\n
Granit Xhaka was deemed to have fouled Bernardo Silva in the box on video review and after Gabriel caused a melee, picking up a caution for scuffing the spot, Mahrez finished coolly to level with City\u2019s first shot on target.<\/p>\n
Arsenal should have retaken the lead moments later, Aymeric Laporte and Ederson suffering a miscommunication which saw Nathan Ake clear off the line and Martinelli hit the post following up.<\/p>\n
Things went from bad to worse for Arsenal when Gabriel was shown a second yellow card moments later for holding back compatriot Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n
The atmosphere had been souring all afternoon and a number of bookings followed for both sides as it appeared they were set to play out a draw.<\/p>\n
But with six minutes of injury-time ticking away, Kevin De Bruyne crossed into the box and Laporte\u2019s effort was blocked into the path of Rodri, who tucked in the winner from seven yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
London (PA Media\/dpa) \u2013 Manchester City extended their Premier League winning run to 11 games as Rodri scored in injury-time to settle a heated contest against 10-man Arsenal on Saturday. Pep Guardiola\u2019s side had not been at the races until they were awarded a penalty on 57 minutes, with Riyad Mahrez converting to cancel out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1067967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t