Nigel Reo-Coker
Former West Ham midfielder on the Football Daily podcast

I played in teams who wasted time. It is part of the game, you are playing one of the best sides in world football, away from home in a game of the magnitude for what is at stake, your going to try all the tricks in the book.

Leandro Trossard knew what he was doing when he booted the ball away as well - he was trying to waste time to let the half finish.

It was naive and stupid. That is two stupid red cards that they have had, with Trossard and Declan Rice, but I am all for it.

At the end of the day we can all talk as fans and pundits, but if we were in Mikel Arteta's position then we would be asking our players to do the same thing.

That is what top players do. Do what you have to do to win football matches.

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Match of the Day 2 pundits Alan Shearer and Shay Given analyse the chaotic moments of a thrilling Premier League 2-2 draw between Manchester City and Arsenal.

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Leandro Trossard received a red card against Manchester City on Sunday in their Premier League match after two yellow card bookings.

This carries a one-match ban but the next time Arsenal play is in the EFL Cup, so does this mean Trossard can't play in this game? Yes it does. Red cards in any domestic competition (Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup) carry across all of the tournaments.

This does mean he will be available for their league match against Leicester on Saturday.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Mikel Arteta quite correctly said that he doesn't know what the score would have been at the Etihad Stadium had Leandro Trossard not been sent off in the first half.

Just because Arsenal were leading at the time, and survived all of the second half and eight minutes of injury-time without him, it doesn't mean they would have won it with him.

Yet that is what the gut reaction will feel like. There will be a sense of injustice at the manner of Trossard's early exit, justified or not, and that is quite normal too.

But the fact that Arsenal got so close to ending Manchester City's long unbeaten home record - and went so long without conceding against the champions despite being a man down - bodes well for the future.

Arsenal may not encounter this set of circumstances again, but they will have adversity to overcome this season. What happened this afternoon will stand them in good stead for the challenges that lie ahead.

Pride and frustration can be easy bedfellows on the return trip back to London.

There may have been some grumbles from the Arsenal camp about Leandro Trossard's red card but the BBC's chief football writer Phil McNulty says the player can have no complaints.

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This has been another Premier League weekend full of talking points with red cards, late drama and thrashings.

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Since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge of Arsenal in December 2019, the Gunners have seen 17 players red carded in the Premier League - at least four more than any other club. It was Leandro Trossard's first red card in 175 appearances in the competition.

Riccardo Calafiori was only the second player to score a goal from outside the box on his first Premier League start for Arsenal, after Fabio Vieira against Brentford in September 2022. Calafiori's goal was from Arsenal's first shot of the match.

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Liverpool were left frustrated in their opening game of the Women's Super League after a determined Leicester fought back to earn a point.

Sophie Roman Haug, Liverpool's top scorer last season, gave the Reds a deserved lead on the stroke of half-time.

But Leicester, under the guidance of new manager Amandine Miquel, were resilient, organised and refused to lie down.

The Foxes equalised eight minutes after the break with a clinical strike from Jutta Rantala.

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Sam Drury
BBC Sport

A superb debut goal for Hayley Raso helped Tottenham to a thumping win over Women's Super League newcomers Crystal Palace.

The Australian, who joined from Real Madrid in the summer, opened the scoring before second-half goals from Jess Naz, Drew Spence and Olga Ahtinen rounded off a convincing victory for Robert Vilahamn's side.

Palace ended their first ever WSL game with 10 as substitute Brooke Aspin was sent off for two bookings in a matter of seconds in stoppage time.

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Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter

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Vivianne Miedema scored on her return to Emirates Stadium as Manchester City drew with former club Arsenal in their Women's Super League opener.

A brilliant long-range effort from England international Jess Park looked to have given City the victory before Arsenal substitute Beth Mead volleyed in a late equaliser.

Netherlands international Miedema, who was allowed to leave Arsenal when her contract expired this summer, was fortunate her strike took a heavy deflection off defender Laia Codina and she did not celebrate her goal.

"I'm not really a big celebration person anyway," Miedema told Sky Sports after the game. "You saw a bit of emotion but that's normal. Besides that, be respectful to the [Arsenal] fans that supported me for the last seven years as well.

"Me coming back here today was a big thing. I'm really happy with the reception I got from the Arsenal fans," she added. "The most important thing today was to start the season well with the new team. It's always nice to get off that zero again and get a goal."

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Michael Emons
BBC Sport

One player and both managers were sent off as Brighton and Nottingham Forest maintained their unbeaten Premier League records in an entertaining draw.

After four goals at Amex Stadium, the match ended in controversial fashion when Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White was shown a second yellow card for a sliding challenge on Brighton's Joao Pedro.

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler was dismissed by referee Rob Jones, who then also showed a red card to Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo for their reactions to the incident.

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We shall bring you more reaction to that dramatic draw between Man City and Arsenal shortly but first let's see what other headlines were grabbed on Sunday...

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was left frustrated by referee Michael Oliver's call to send off Leandro Trossard.

Trossard was shown a second yellow card after kicking the ball away in the first half.

Arteta said: "I think it's very clear. Very obvious. Hopefully what 100 per cent of what people thinks. It's not my job to come here and judge what happened. My job is to survive in the most difficult environment you can throw in football for 55 minutes. And try to get things done to survive. That's my job, the rest is not my job.

"It's already the second time it has happened in five games, which is really, really worrying if we want to see the best Premier League."

The Guardian

The Guardian have also focused in on the Man City Arsenal match but have led on Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta's comments about referee Michael Oliver.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Manchester City forward Bernardo Silva said only one team came to play football in their 2-2 Premier League draw with Arsenal, who were accused of employing "dark arts" at Etihad Stadium.

But Gunners manager Mikel Arteta claimed it was "a miracle" his side came so close to victory after playing the second half with 10 men.

John Stones' 98th-minute equaliser denied Arsenal what would have been a huge victory over the defending champions.

After winger Leandro Trossard was controversially sent off in first-half injury time, the Gunners had just 12.5% of possession in the second half.

City had 28 shots in the second period - a number eclipsed only by the momentous 'Aguero' title-winning second half against QPR in 2012.

"There was only one team that came to play football," Silva told TNT Sports Brazil. "The other came to play to the limits of what was possible to do and allowed by the referee, unfortunately.

"I'm glad we always enter the pitch to try to win every match."

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The Daily Telegraph

John Stones' "dirty" comment is also the lead story for The Telegraph. The England international referenced time wasting as a tactic he did not like.

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Manchester City defender John Stones said his side had to "control their emotions" while dealing with Arsenal's tactics, speaking to BBC's Match of the Day post-game.

He said: "They slow the game down. They get the keeper on the floor so they can get some information on to the pitch. We had to control our emotions during those tough times.

"I wouldn't say they have mastered it but they have done it for a few years now so we knew to expect that. You can call it clever or dirty, whichever way you want to put it, but they break up the game which upsets the rhythm.

"They use it to their advantage and we dealt with it very well."