Overview
- Former Arsenal academy defender Dan Ballard opened the scoring; Bukayo Saka equalised, Leandro Trossard put Arsenal ahead, and Brian Brobbey struck in the 94th minute for 2-2.
- The draw halted Arsenal’s winning run and ended an eight-match clean-sheet streak, though they remain top heading into the international break.
- Trossard’s 74th-minute strike was his first Premier League goal from outside the box in an Arsenal shirt and carried an expected-goals value of about 0.05.
- David Raya’s decision not to clear late on drew immediate scrutiny, with club legend David Seaman arguing he should have punched rather than tried to catch.
- VAR declined to award a first-half penalty after Dan Ballard’s elbow on Mikel Merino, a decision Theo Walcott questioned and Alan Shearer defended.