When Arsenal scored their first goal, Michael Oliver pulled Kyle Walker out of place and then let them take a quick free kick. This made Manchester City sick.
Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, was angry when Arsenal scored the first goal on Sunday and says he might tell his captain not to listen to the judge.
City tied their title foes 2-2 at the Etihad Stadium in the 98th minute thanks to a goal from John Stones. The game was full of incidents. Referee Michael Oliver was very busy. It irritated Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta that he sent off Leandro Trossard for stopping the game from starting on time at the end of the first half.
Guardiola was also mad because City was making a point of how Arsenal was trying to slow down the game in the second half. City was also angry about Riccardo Calafiori’s goal, which came from a free kick that was taken quickly, when right back Kyle Walker wasn’t ready because Oliver had called him just moments before.
It was seen that Guardiola was angry as he kicked his bench chair after Calafiori curled a beautiful finish past Ederson from the edge of the area. And the City manager talked to his captain at halftime and told him what he thought about what happened.
He told the press after the game, “I was annoyed with Kyle, but Kyle was right because the referee had asked him to come talk to him with the other ones.” “Someone needs to be close to the ball at this point, and the back four needs to be rearranged, but we didn’t have time.”
‘Don’t worry, though. Kyle got there a second before Calafiori scored, so that’s what happened in the end. We knew, though, that they could quickly send any free kick to the wingers, and they work well with Saka and Martinelli.
“I don’t like the back four when there’s a full move going on, but when the ref says “come and talk to me,” at least put the players back where they belong. We won’t go and talk to them again.” Kyle has no trouble with it.
Walker was back to being a right back when Arsenal sent Gabriel Martinelli down the left side, but as he ran back, he raised his arm in the air to make a point. The Arsenal left got into the box and then passed the ball to Calafiori, who curled it into the far corner.
That was just one of City’s complaints about how the game went. Another was that Arsenal tried to slow down the game by saying their players had cramps, which City found annoying. Football player Bernardo Silva for City said, “There was only one team that came to play.” “Unfortunately, the other player played as hard as they could and as long as the referee let them.”
