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Tobin Heath’s late strike put the fire back into Arsenal’s title charge as they salvaged a 1-1 draw at Manchester City.
It had been a miserable start to 2022 for the Gunners with a defeat against bottom club Birmingham before a 1-0 Continental Cup loss against Manchester United last week.
The Gunners had lost their last three games in all competitions and had not scored since new signing Laura Wienroither turned the ball into her own net while playing for Hoffenheim in December.
Arsenal were livid after Manchester City's opening goal was allowed to stand
But former United forward Heath, back in the side after a spell out through injury, stole a point in the second minute of added time after Khadija Shaw had put City ahead in controversial circumstances.
The ball hit referee Abigail Byrne in the build-up and FA rules state the game should have been stopped. It wasn’t and City scored. Arsenal were understandably livid and manager Jonas Eidevall was booked for his protests.
‘I was not happy about that goal, you can clearly see that we stopped playing,’ said Eidevall. ‘We all make mistakes, I make
