Goals:
40’ Joleon Lescott –
Manchester City
82’ Laurent Koscielny – Arsenal
Goals from both defenders of each team
allowed both to come away with 1 match point each. Premier league champions,
Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
Following their thriller loss to Real
Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu,
Manchester City was hoping to win in front of their home fans at the Etihad
stadium in Manchester. They also had a
roster boost following a return of striker Sergio Aguero who was injured in
their match against Southampton earlier this month.
While
Arsenal had some confidence coming in after winning against Montpellier 2-1 on
Thursday. Arsene Wenger would have hoped
that striker duo Poldoski and Gervinho would continue their duo combination against
the Premier League Champions Manchester City.
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| Sergio Aguero |
Manchester
City started of dominating the ball with early strikes from Aguero to test the
young Arsenal keeper Vito Mannone. Ball movements from Man City kept Arsenal in
their territory early but later on as the match progressed, Arsenal was able to
control the ball.
Good
work by Carl Jenkinson on the right byline saw the full-back outmuscle Lescott
and cut the ball back for Lukas Podolski but the German could only sky wildly
over the bar.
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| 40` Lescott Goal |
In the 40th
minute, a powerful heading goal from Lescott gave Manchester City the lead from
a corner which the young keeper Vito Mannone completely mistimed allowing an
easy goal.
As the
first half drew to a close Mannone went close to making amends by tipping Edin
Dzeko's fierce drive over the bar as City came close to doubling their lead
In the
second half, it seemed Manchester City would have received a penalty after
Aguero was collided by Koscielny in the box but continued to play on.
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| 82` Koscielny celebrating his goal |
While it seemed Arsenal was struggling
to find a goal, in the 82th minute, Koscielny gave his team a goal by some
sloppy defending from the Manchester City defenders who struggled to kick the
ball clear out of danger.
As the final whistle blew, it seemed
that both teams deserve to come away with a point each.
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