#3 Wenger’s men show guts and gumption to fight back twice
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Five minutes in, in front of a seething, silent home crowd, Arsenal fell behind to Manchester City as Leroy Sane left Bellerin in his wake to put the visitors ahead.
Despite some blatant mistakes, the Gunners fought back as Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck used their strength, stamina and pace to help out the defence as wave after wave of City attack came in.
A few minutes ahead of half-time, Walcott received the ball in the box and stood his ground firmly to take a touch, turn and poke it through Clichy’s legs for the equaliser. Thereafter, the players received serious backing from the stands as the supporters were encouraged by signs of a fightback.
City led again through Aguero’s strike, but the Londoners were cheered on by the fans as they stepped onto the pitch in the second half. The players rose to the occasion – quite literally – as centre-back Mustafi jumped to meet Ozil’s corner and placed the ball into the bottom corner.
The visitors were fast, rampant and often unlocked the Gunners’ defence with little or no trouble. However, despite an injury to Laurent Koscielny ruling him out for the second half, Arsenal refused to be bogged down and a point seemed a fair reward for their spirit.
