Stones' 98th minute equaliser stuns 10-man Arsenal as Man City salvage draw

The Gunners were forced to play the whole second half with a man down, as Leandro Trossard received a red card just before halftime.

City went ahead through Erling Haaland before a screamer from Riccardo Calafiori and a head from Gabriel Magalhaes had the visitors 2-1 ahead at halftime.

The visitors sat in deep for the entire second-half and appeared set to pull off a stunning win against the champions only for substitute Stones to scramble home his equaliser in the 98th minute.

Stones said afterwards: "You are frustrated that you don't get to start in these big games and before the game I tried to channel it and have a positive attitude if needed to come on.

"Over the years we have learned as a team to stick together, no matter who is playing and to always be ready - I'm sure you have heard the manager say that plenty of times.

"I came on and tried to be inside the box for more crosses. One dropped to me and thankfully I put it in the back of the net. I'm really pleased to have scored the goal like that."

On manager Pep Guardiola's instructions before entering the pitch, Stones added: "He wanted me to play closer to Erling (Haaland), get higher up the pitch so when we got crosses in we could start to win more aerial duels."