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Iheancho, Iwobi share spoils as Arsenal draw Man City

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8 years ago

May 8, 2016

There was no victor no vanquish as Super Eagles duo Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi shared points, with Arsenal forcing Manchester City to a 2-2 drawon Sunday.

Both players, who were on the starting list, failed to lived up to

expectation as Iwobi was replaced by Theo Walcott in the 59th minutes while

Iheancho, who wasted a scoring opportunity, gave way to Raheem

Sterling in the 71st minute.

Sergio Aguero put City in front after only eight minutes with the Argentine

cutting in from the right and sending a fine left-footed strike inside Petr Cech’s near post.

But Arsenal were level just two minutes later as Olivier Giroud was given the freedom of the penalty area, heading home an Alex Iwobi cross following a corner.

City were back in front in the 51st minute, with Kevin De Bruyne going

on a solo run before finding the bottom corner from the edge of the area. Though goalkeeper Petr Cech should probably have done better.

The Gunners again hit back in the 68th minute. Giroud placed a lovely

layoff for Alexis Sanchez to run on to and score with ease past Joe Hart.

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