In a decisive clash for the Premier League title race between Manchester City and Arsenal, Gianluigi Donnarumma was the center of attention after a major error gave the Gunners the equalizer. While City had just opened the scoring at the Etihad thanks to Rayan Cherki, the Italian goalkeeper was slow to clear on a short restart and was surprised by Kai Havertz, who was able to take advantage of the situation to put the two teams back on level terms. A new error from the former PSG goalkeeper which could have cost City dearly.
After the match, former Manchester City defender Micah Richards did not mince his words when analyzing the action, calling the situation an unacceptable foul… “On this type of action, you simply have to clear the ball far. When you’ve just scored, you can’t put yourself in danger like that.”he estimated on Sky Sportseven speaking of error “criminal” in the context of the match. Despite this hard blow, Donnarumma was then able to recover with an important save in the second half, limiting the damage in a match that was still indecisive.
