One Arsenal player reportedly texted another to say Manchester City are fuming after their Premier League draw, and Gary Neville thinks Pep Guardiola would pick two Gunners stars before Martin Odegaard.
City and Arsenal s 2-2 draw was one of the most entertaining games of the Premier League so far this season. Tempers flared at the full-time whistle, and they followed Erling Haaland completely flattening Thomas Partey, and throwing the ball at Gabriel s head following City s equaliser, which came in the 98th minute.
Details of the fiercely-contested game are still emerging in the aftermath. got access to one Arsenal player s text from after the game, talking about the City players, which reads they are fuming!!
That may well have been the case, with Arsenal doing their best to frustrate their opponents, slowing the game down by seemingly feigning injury at multiple points, which could have got under the champions skin.
The Gunners are also said to be confused by claims they did not try to win the game.
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Meanwhile, former Manchester United defender Neville has been speaking about whether City boss Guardiola would take any of Arsenal s players.
He feels that club captain Odegaard, who was sidelined for the game due to an ankle injury, would not be in his top two.
If you were City, he wouldn t be the first player I would take out of Arsenal s team. I would pick [Declan] Rice or [William] Saliba. I don t know which one, but I would take Rice or Saliba out of the team before I picked Odegaard, .