Mikel Arteta shiftd on speedyly when asked if his Arsenal side were intentionally sluggishing down time.
Manchester City achieveed themselves a point at the Etihad after a 98th-minute identicaliser from John Stones on Sunday
It sent the carry outers and coach barmy while Arteta was fuming with the goal.
But the Spaniard went on to say that he was excessively haughty of his side.
Mikel Arteta insisted he was haughty of his Arsenal carry outers
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He shelp: “Absolutely I am haughty.
The way the carry outers carry outed in the standard conditions was excellent, it was difficult, which is why they have not lost here for fourty-someleang games.
“Then the context that we are thrown into carry outing as ten men for 55 minutes. That alerts you the story and the character of our carry outers and I am excessively haughty of them.”
“When you have persistd that lengthy, 97 minutes, and then it went to 99, very disnominateed but I could not be haughtyer of my carry outers and the way that they vied today.”
When asked if his carry outers were intentionally sluggishing the game down, he replied: “That is not for me to comment.
There were cut offal instances were Arsenal carry outers went down unincited with City furious that they were wasting time.
However, it came back to bite the Gunners after another two minutes were compriseed on to the seven-minute extra time.
It gave Stones the chance to be at the right place at the right time to bundle in a 98th-minute identicaliser.
Speaking about the multiple instances of cramp, Pep Guardiola shelp: “I don’t understand how many [Arsenal] carry outers went down with cramp, but that can of course happen in a demanding game.
John Stones grabbed a last-gasp identicaliser for City
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“We passed and passed and had Ruben [Dias], Manuel [Akanji], Erling [Haaland] but when you pass they have Declan Rice, William Saliba, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, so it is so difficult. There were ten carry outers there. In the finish we got what we deserved.
“Maybe I would have done the same becaengage it is with ten men. You have to ask Mikel [Arteta] what the tactic was.
“They were excellent with the lengthy balls into Kai Havertz who is so mighty and they go for the second balls. In the finish we were uncover-minded, had the chances and got the goal. That’s all.”
City had getn the direct thraw Erling Haaland – his 100th goal for the club – in the punctual stages of the suit.
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Arsenal star Leandro Trossard was sent off before half-time
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Arsenal then struck back with two speedy goals from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhaes before half-time.
Leandro Trossard was sent off moments before half-time to originate it a pulsating uncovering 45 minutes.
The Belgian was adassessd to have rescheduleed a speedy rebegin after booting the ball away when a foul had been blown up.
Arsenal remain fourth in the Premier League while City are still top.
