Arsenal’s burning sense of injustice trumped by City’s ruthless mentality

The Gunners, of course, felt they should have been two points better off going into this match after Brentford’s equaliser on Saturday was allowed to stand when VAR officials ‘forgot’ to draw the offside line that would have shown Christian Norgaard was ahead of his marker when he crossed for Ivan Toney to score.

MENTALITY MONSTERS: Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Arsenal’s William Saliba (left) battle for the ball. Pic: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

ANGRY Arsenal had promised to show their teeth in the title race after being driven to boiling point by a VAR debacle against Brentford, but they found it was champions Manchester City who have hidden strengths.

They say that the very best teams in the world play beautiful football with hidden fangs, and City proved that expression right with a performance that dealt perfectly with a frenetic atmosphere at the Emirates and a burning sense of injustice all over north London — and turned it to their advantage.