Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji has hit out at Arsenal afterwards You have a 2-2 draw from Sunday in the Premier League, claiming the Gunners are just looking for “drama”.
Mikel Arteta’s men led 2-1 heading into the second half, until a red card shown to Leandro Trossard forced them to play with their backs against the wall. The Gunners faced 10 men as they looked to defend their lead, they managed until John Stones found a way to break through their impenetrable back line to make it 2-2.
Stones’ 98th-minute strike saw both teams come back with a point, with reigning champions City holding on to top spot ahead of arsenal in the league
Akanji has criticized Arsenal’s defensive tactics in the game: “That’s what they’re looking for,” he told reporters. “Whenever we play against them, that’s what they’re looking for: drama.
“It worked for them so if they’re happy with a point. We’re not, we tried to get more but that’s what they’re happy with. At the end of the day we’re still top of the league. We haven’t lost a game yet. we tried, especially in the second half with a man up, but it’s difficult with ten players defending in their own area.
“It’s still early in the season, I think again, we’re going to win the league again, and we don’t focus too much on Arsenal. Obviously the focus was on them today because we’ve played them, but we’re not playing them now for half a year, so we keep focusing on our games, and then we’ll see.
“With time wasting, we can’t control that. It’s up to the referee to do that. But at the end of the day, obviously it’s difficult to score anyone who has 10 with the keeper in their box. So we did everything as possible”. But if you don’t score the two goals, it looks like it might be one goal too many.”
city they will return to action on Tuesday night when they face Championship side Watford in the Carabao Cup. Meanwhile, Arsenal host Bolton in the same competition on Wednesday.
