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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Dan Kilpatrick

Mikel Arteta turns into Darth Vader as Arsenal take dark path in bid to vanquish Man City

There was some delicious needle to Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Manchester City in last weekend's clash at the Etihad.

Arsenal brought the "dark arts" in the second half after Leandro Trossard's soft red card, and Mikel Arteta's side got under their opponents' skin. "Stay humble, huh?" was Erling Haaland's message to Arteta, just seconds after the City forward had hurled the ball into Arsenal defender Gabriel's head during the wild celebrations for John Stones's 98th-minute equaliser.

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