Arsenal came from behind twice to salvage a draw against fellow Champions League contenders Manchester City.<\/p>\n
The Gunners, having picked up a single victory in their previous five games, showed the sense of belief manager Arsene Wenger has always pointed to, as they denied Pep Guardiola\u2019s side a potential route back into the title race.<\/p>\n
A draw leaves the north London club in genuine danger of missing out on the top four, with Wenger\u2019s side currently seven points behind City in fourth place.<\/p>\n
Loose defending was the order of the day as City took the lead within four minutes of first half action, following a simple long ball from Kevin De Bruyne into the path of Sane.<\/p>\n
The German international collected the ball immaculately before leaving Hector Bellerin behind with a clever dummy and rolling the ball past David Ospina.<\/p>\n
Arsene Wenger\u2019s side were laboured in their response, but the Gunners levelled the scores approaching the half time interval.<\/p>\n
Another comical piece of defending \u2013 this time from Nicolas Otamendi \u2013 allowed Mustafi to find Walcott alone in the penalty area with a cushioned header, before the forward calmly dispatched the ball into the net.<\/p>\n
But the home side\u2019s parity was short lived as the away side re-established their advantage through Aguero only two minutes later.<\/p>\n
De Bruyne rattled the post with a driven effort before the ball kindly made its way back to the Belgian. A quick one-two with David Silva eventually saw Aguero given the opportunity to take aim, as the striker arrowed his effort into the far corner.<\/p>\n
Despite starting the second half brightly, City once again saw their lead disappear after Otamendi was singled out from an Arsenal corner.<\/p>\n
Following good work from Nacho Monreal, a Gunners set-piece was met by a glancing header from Mustafi as the defender expertly found the bottom corner tolevel the scores once again.<\/p>\n
The game began to drift as both sides seemed to settle for a point. Otamendi, however, thought otherwise, as another individual error nearly handed Arsenal victory.<\/p>\n
Otamendi\u2019s decision to avoid a defensive header presented Mesut Ozil with a chance to go through on goal. But the midfielder\u2019s heavy first touch let him down as Willy Caballero closed down the angle before he could rediscover his composure.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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