Man City have obvious answer for issues vs Arsenal - they must ignore it

Can we not talk about Rodri?

It's tempting to put Manchester City's draw rescued from the jaws of defeat from the presence and then absence of the man who never loses. City were winning for the 20 minutes that Rodri was on the pitch, only for it all to fall apart when the Spaniard went off with what looked like a painful knee injury before John Stones scored an injury-time equaliser.

But City cannot blame the absence of Rodri, or the performance of referee Michael Oliver, for turning a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 defeat that needed that late leveller. They switched off too many times and were staring at an exasperating afternoon before a jubilant end with a draw that will feel like a victory.

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It had all started so well. Arsenal have become the masters of containing opposition attacks but Gabriel was helpless as Erling Haaland raced onto a perfect ball from Savinho and poked in his 10th of the season and 100th of his City career in just 105 appearances.

That had felt like it was coming from the warmup, when Kyle Walker gave some rousing instructions before the players headed off for the tunnel. When Rodri was clattered inside five seconds by Kai Havertz, Haaland hurled himself into a header he was never going to get and smashed William Saliba - he was fortunate to escape a booking.

That hunger soon led to the first goal, and Ilkay Gundogan also had two good chances with Arsenal unable to cope with a blistering and precise City attack. Then came the corner that saw Rodri pull up with his problem, and things began to go wrong.

Just after Mateo Kovacic had come on, Walker was speaking with