Previous Premier League teams were worried about Arsenal’s use of “dark arts” last season.
And teams might do the same thing again after Manchester City’s 2-2 draw on Sunday.
Premier League clubs have raised concerns over Arsenal’s time-wasting to the PGMOL
The Gunners stand accused of employing the ‘dark arts’ during their 2-2 draw with City
The Daily Mail says that Arsenal’s behaviour as if they were playing games was all the talk of the Premier League last year.
The coaches and experts across the division talked about the Gunners’ “dark arts” with each other all the time.
A lot of people didn’t like Arsenal after their trips to Newcastle and Wolves in 2023 and when Brighton sped up during the Seagulls’ loss last December, just to name a few examples.
Referee Michael Oliver booked Myles Lewis-Skelly before his Prem debut
Goalscorer Gabriel went down with cramp several times
People again said that Mikel Arteta’s team was slowing the game as they tried to hold on to their 2-1 lead at the Eithad in the second half.
In the eighth minute of extra time in the first half, Leandro Trossard was given a yellow card for kicking the ball away, bringing Arsenal down to ten players.
Also, Myles Lewis-Skelly, an Arsenal midfielder, got a yellow card while he was on the bench at the 65th minute, thirty minutes before making his Premier League start.
The 17-year-old got a warning for walking behind David Raya’s goal just before the custodian got cramps and had to go down.
The player was warned for “showing a lack of respect for the game,” according to the Mail.
In his report for Sky Sports, Gary Neville said, “There is no doubt that is a strategy.”
A lot of other stars got strange injuries, like cramps, but they had to work hard to keep Man City from scoring.