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Premier League weekend reaction: Arsenal draw with Man City, West Ham considering Graham Potter's future The Hammers lost to Crystal Palace on Saturday - their fourth defeat in five Premier League matches to leave Potter's future in serious doubt After that defeat, Potter said he 'absolutely' can turn things around at the club but understands the 'nature of the question and the business' ICYMI: Arsenal had 0. 88x G and struggled to break down a defensive City side, who had their lowest amount of possession under Pep Guardiola Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Written by Ben Ramsdale, Craig Nelson and Josh Lobley. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say A team with a title winning mentality would have gone straight back to the halfway line ready to restart and look to score again rather than celebrate like they'd won the league. Phil, Leeds Arsenal do not have a title winning mentality. They celebrated the equaliser like it was a win, when they could have easily pushed for a winner, and they always overreact to the slightest misfortunes like it's the worst thing that's ever happened. Paper mentality. Matt, Manchester Arsenal 1-1 Man City Perhaps unsurprisingly, social media has been lively in the aftermath of yesterday's match. .. particularly from the Arsenal camp. Lots have been critical of Mikel Arteta's tactics, and the mentality of the manager and his players. 'Wel Beast' said on X that Mikel Arteta is 'sticking with a midfield that is not working' and called for Eberechi Eze to start whilst Martin Odegaard is injured. Elsewhere, Lee Gunner, who is known to be critical of Arteta on X, was unhappy with Gabriel Martinelli's reaction after scoring the equaliser - he says the fact he celebrated instead of taking the ball back to the halfway line 'sums up everything wrong with the club' under Arteta. Are these fair criticisms? Ben Ramsdale BBC Sport This is the type of content I need more of on a Monday morning. Thanks, Harv. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say RE: Ben @ 09: 26. .. .. . I think my old dinner lady at school 35 years ago was called Sue Perb. .. lol Harv, Herts Arsenal 1-1 Man City This video can not be played Martinelli snatches late draw for Arsenal against Man City When Arsenal did eventually manage to score, Gabriel Martinelli put away one of their most difficult chances. The Brazil winger made it two goals in as many games from the bench, lifting a through-ball from fellow sub Eberechi Eze over the giant frame of Gianluigi Donnarumma in the Manchester City goal to claim a 93rd-minute equaliser. It was a brilliant, improvised finish from a chance that had an x G of just 0. 2. Arsenal 1-1 Man City Arsenal The fact we had any goals at Emirates Stadium on Sunday was a blessing as both sides seemed to cancel each other out. Arsenal are usually strong from set-pieces, especially corners. They had 11 corners against City but produced very little in the way of attacking threat - ending the game with an x G of 0. 39 from set plays. Of the home side's 12 shots, only three were on target all afternoon. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say It's not just the nervous energy and lack of confidence Arteta instils in his players or the starting 11 being shocking, the substitutions accepted a mistake was made but didn't correct it well enough. Trossard had to come off, Madueke had to stay on. Arteta has reached his limit. Harry, Maidstone I’m an Arsenal fan myself… but seeing how the fans, MA and players reacted when city were running down the clock (a tactic frequently seen in arsenal colours) seemed somewhat ironic.

A hard point to steal from a game which we didn’t deserve much. More is needed… Will, Cardiff No they haven't got it [title winning mentality]. And won't have it all the time Arteta is in charge.

Disgruntled Gooner! !! ! Terry, Hampshire Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Since the start of the 23-24 season Mikel Arteta has delivered W12, D10, L1 against other 'Big Six' clubs, with a +21 goal difference.

Records like that don't come from poor team selections, settling for draws, over-celebrating or any of the poorly supported suggestions floating round this morning. Chris, Wales Arsenal 1-1 Man City Arsenal's good run against Manchester City actually extends to six matches, if you include the 2023-24 Community Shield, which ended 1-1 and the Gunners won on penalties. You have to go back to April 2023 for their last loss. In the 2022-23 season, Mikel Arteta's side fell to three damaging defeats against City. They lost 4-1 at the Etihad in the season run-in, as their title challenge faltered, and 3-1 in the corresponding fixture in February that breathed new life into City's own title aspirations. City also claimed a 1-0 win at home to the Gunners in the fifth round of the FA Cup that season. Arsenal's recent results against Man City: 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 Arsenal 1-1 Man City Arsenal Mikel Arteta may have been criticised for being too cautious with his initial team selection against Manchester City, but Sunday's draw continued Arsenal's rich vein of form against Pep Guardiola's side. Arteta is the first manager to avoid defeat in five consecutive league games against a Guardiola side. The Gunners have now won twice and drawn three of their last five against City in the Premier League. Told you it was going to be a jam-packed one today, didn't I? Here's a look at what we've been discussing since we kicked things off this morning: Ben Ramsdale BBC Sport Active this morning you lot, aren't you? More so than me who's onto his third brew of the day already. Thanks for all your messages so far, though. Sue perb interaction. We'll have a little recap of what's been happening for you later risers and then get more into this Arsenal debrief. We'll then jump into dissecting City's performance a little later on. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say And Arsenal - Slot is always seeking the win where as Arteta first priority is not to lose. Marcus, London Arteta's fear to play attacking football against big clubs is mind-blowing and the equalising goal should let him know the Arsenal he has to play a direct & attacking style of football. Stop playing as a side to avoid losing! Tak, London Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Arsenal are deeper and stronger than ever but they need to find their flow and shape amongst top teams. Feels so close … Paul, Surrey As a Liverpool fan, the Arsenal strength in depth scares me. Hope they continue to play defensively as and when personally. I do not see City being a consistent challenger this season, so it's down to Liverpool and Arsenal. Gary, St Albans Arsenal 1-1 Man City Arsenal Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta explained after the match why he made a double substitution at half-time, saying Bukayo Saka was sent on because of an injury to Noni Madueke, while Eberechi Eze for Mikel Merino was a tactical change. He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It was necessary, the one with Noni because of an injury, and for Ebs too because of the way they started to play and behave and where we could find the spaces. We believed that he could be the player to make the difference for us. Again, very happy with the finishers. " On finding the right balance in the team and giving his whole squad chances to play: "At top clubs all the managers have this. Today we did not have Odegaard, Saka was just back, no [Gabriel] Jesus, no [Kai] Havvertz, so a lot of players, but it was still hard. "We are going to need everybody. Today, again, we see the players that did not start in Bilbao how well they did - [William] Saliba and [Leandro] Trossard, both of them were very good. So many games, we are going to need everybody. " Arsenal 1-1 Man City Mikel Arteta had no choice but to throw on more attacking players in the second half as his Arsenal side chased an equaliser at home to Manchester City. But did the Gunners boss start too cautiously? The Spaniard began the game with three defensively-minded central midfielders in Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice and Mikel Merino. Arsenal's starting XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Merino, Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Gyokeres, Trossard Eberichi Eze replaced Merino at the start of the second half in a double substitution that also saw Noni Madueke make way for Bukayo Saka on his return from injury. With 10 minutes remaining, Arteta sacrificed right-back Jurrien Timber for eventual goalscorer Gabriel Martinelli, while Leandro Trossard was replaced by Ethan Nwaneri four minutes later. In the eighth minute of stoppage time, Arteta reverted to four defenders, replacing Zubimendi with Christian Mosquera. Arsenal's finishing XI: Raya; Saliba, Gabriel, Mosquera, Calafiori; Martinelli, Rice, Eze, Nwaneri, Saka; Gyokeres Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Arteta made a mistake with his line-up and realised it by making changes at half time, which is unlike Arteta. But the fact that Pep Guardiola came to the Emirates to take a lead and park the bus for 70 minutes speaks volumes. Rezaa, South Africa In both games against Liverpool and City, Arteta has picked line-ups that have been put out to not lose, rather than to win I feel. 3 defensive midfielders in a 4-3-3, doesn't scream an intent for goals - think that is the difference in Arsenal to the others. Dominic, Edinburgh Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Re Leon (08: 39). .. yes but Klopp played every game to win and got 90 points twice and didn't win the title. Arsenal are never going with win anything with their loser mentality sorry! Dale, Liverpool Arsenal 1-1 Man City Jay Bothroyd Former Premier League striker on BBC 5 Live Breakfast You sign players like [Eberechi] Eze so we can come and lay it up. He's got fantastic ability, he can dribble, he's a ball carrier, he's strong, we can see his quality, so I think everyone was disappointed to see that [he didn't start]. But also the midfield, Declan Rice is a fantastic player - he's our leader but really with [Martin] Zubimendi and [Mikel] Merino you've got three number 6's - you want to see the attacking players on there. Our bench was better than our starting eleven. I feel like he needs to be more attacking. If Arsenal are going to win the league this year, it has to be because Arsenal are on the front foot going to beat teams. I feel like with big teams, Arteta goes out with the mindset of not to lose and I feel like that's a negative. Arsenal 1-1 Man City The question is, did Mikel Arteta get his initial team selection wrong? With captain and playmaker Martin Odegaard out injured, should the Arsenal boss have started with Eberchi Eze, rather than Mikel Merino, who Eze replaced at half-time. Should Arteta have started with the more creative Eze in midfield? Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard changed the game when they were introduced as second-half substitutes in Arsenal's midweek Champions League win over Athletic Club in Bilbao. Trossard was given the nod to start against Manchester City, with Martinelli only introduced 10 minutes from time. Was Arteta right to hold Martinelli back, given that the Brazil winger went on to score his second in as many games coming off the bench? 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