EPL: Tim Sherwood names Man City player that kept Arsenal in title race

ormer Aston Villa manager, Tim Sherwood, has claimed that Manchester City’s Erling Haaland kept Arsenal’s rubric hopes live by staying connected his feet aft clashing heads with Gabriel Magalhaes connected Sunday.

Haaland scored the victor arsenic City bushed the Gunners 2-1 connected Sunday, to determination wrong 3 points of the league leaders.

All done the game, the Norway striker battled with Gabriel, arsenic they tried to outmuscle each other.

A standout incidental came successful the 84th minute, arsenic some players squared up aft a duel and Gabriel threw his forehead into Haaland’s face.

However, referee Anthony Taylor lone showed a yellowish paper to some players.

A reddish paper would person landed Gabriel a three-match ban, which means helium would beryllium unavailable to play Newcastle, Fulham and West Ham.

“I deliberation Erling Haaland has kept Arsenal successful the rubric contention by not going down,” Sherwood said.

“If helium goes down, helium gets sent off, 100 per cent.

“Gabriel has been truthful bully this season, him and Declan Rice person been the outstanding players for Arsenal, and to miss him for 3 games successful the run-in, that would person been the extremity of their rubric race.”

EPL: Tim Sherwood names Man City subordinate that kept Arsenal successful rubric race