Manchester City taking on Arsenal looks set to be a defining clash in the Premier League title race with just three points now separating the two teams. Pep Guardiola's men were able to take advantage of the Gunners dropping points against Brentford by beating Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium.
Arsenal were in action on Saturday with City playing on Sunday which meant Mikel Arteta's men could have opened up a eight-point gap to their title rivals and when Leandro Trossard turned home Bukayo Saka's cross in the 66th minute things appeared to be heading in that direction. However, Ivan Toney scored an equaliser just eight minutes later nodding into an open goal after Christian Norgaard's clever cutback.
A long VAR intervention took place following the goal focussing on the role of Ethan Pinnock in the build up, failing to recognise Christian Norgaard, who provided the assist for Toney, was offside. On Sunday the PGMOL released a statement which read: “PGMOL can confirm its Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb has contacted both Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to acknowledge and explain the significant errors in the VAR process in their respective Premier League fixtures on Saturday.”
