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ormer Aston Villa manager, Tim Sherwood, has claimed that Manchester City’s Erling Haaland kept Arsenal’s title hopes alive by staying on his feet after clashing heads with Gabriel Magalhaes on Sunday.
Haaland scored the winner as City beat the Gunners 2-1 on Sunday, to move within three points of the league leaders.
All through the game, the Norway striker battled with Gabriel, as they tried to outmuscle each other.
A standout incident came in the 84th minute, as both players squared up after a duel and Gabriel threw his forehead into Haaland’s face.
However, referee Anthony Taylor only showed a yellow card to both players.
A red card would have landed Gabriel a three-match ban, which means he would be unavailable to play Newcastle, Fulham and West Ham.
“I think Erling Haaland has kept Arsenal in the title race by not going down,” Sherwood said.
“If he goes down, he gets sent off, 100 per cent.
“Gabriel has been so good this season, him and Declan Rice have been the outstanding players for Arsenal, and to miss him for three games in the run-in, that would have been the end of their title race.”
EPL: Tim Sherwood names Man City player that kept Arsenal in title race
