Stones says Manchester Metropolis anticipated ‘soiled’ Arsenal techniques

John Stones has stated Manchester Metropolis anticipated Arsenal’s ‘soiled’ techniques because the Gunners battled for a consequence on the Etihad.

Final season’s high two performed out an entertaining 2-2 draw within the Premier League on Sunday, with Stones scoring a 98th-minute equaliser to rescue some extent for the house facet.

Arsenal had earlier turned the sport round by means of targets from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhães, after Erling Haaland had fired Manchester Metropolis forward inside 9 minutes together with his one hundredth aim for the Blues.

The sport’s main incident arrived in first-half stoppage time when Leandro Trossard was despatched off for a second reserving, main 10-man Arsenal to defend in numbers in a bid to guard their lead.

The North Londoners had been additionally criticised for his or her defensive techniques throughout final season’s goalless draw and Stones stated Manchester Metropolis anticipated Arsenal’s use of ‘the darkish arts’ to run down the clock.

“It was a tough afternoon for each groups, how they cease the play, how they use the facet of soccer that not many groups do,” Stones stated to Sky Sports activities.

“They sluggish the sport down, they get the keeper on the ground to allow them to get some info onto the pitch.

“We needed to management our feelings throughout these powerful instances and I felt like we did. There have been a number of powerful tackles, some foolish selections however we did properly.”

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Stones says Arsenal techniques ‘intelligent or soiled’

Requested if Arsenal have mastered the darkish arts beneath Mikel Arteta, the centre-back added: “I wouldn’t say they’ve mastered it however they’ve executed it for a couple of years now so we knew to count on that.

“You may name it intelligent or soiled, whichever approach you need to put it, however they break up the sport which upsets the rhythm. They use it to their benefit and we handled it very properly.”

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