Martinelli nabs draw for Arsenal against City
Gabriel Martinelli came off the bench to score a stoppage-time equaliser as Arsenal salvaged a 1-1 draw against Premier League rivals Manchester City.
City looked set to leave Emirates Stadium with all three points, having held a lead given to them by Erling Haaland in the ninth minute.
Halaand's goal was a brilliant breakaway effort as he offloaded to Reijnders inside his own half before continuing his run. The Norwegian received a return ball from the Netherlands international, then slotted past David Raya and into the bottom-left corner.
Pep Guardiola's team sat deep in an attempt to protect that lead, and even the half-time introductions of Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze failed to spark Arsenal into an immediate upturn.
Eze had one speculative volley parried by Gianluigi Donnarumma, while Leandro Trossard saw an enticing centre fizz across goal without getting a touch.
City could have added a second goal against the run of play just before the hour mark, but Haaland's angled drive was blocked by Raya and Eze's clearance ricocheted off Declan Rice and spun over the crossbar.
Just when Arsenal looked to be running out of ideas, Eze turned provider for Martinelli – who had replaced Jurrien Timber in the 80th minute in another attacking change from Mikel Arteta.
Eze dropped between Arsenal's centre-backs before releasing Martinelli in behind with a pinpoint over-the-top pass, and the Brazilian beat Donnarumma with an outside-of-the-boot flick to secure a share of the spoils.
While Arsenal moved back up to second in the table, it is already five points adrift of champion Liverpool.
