On the morning of September 23, after scoring the equalizer and salvaging a defeat for Manchester City, Stones expressed his dissatisfaction with Arsenal’s time-wasting tactics.
Stones said, “I’m not sure if they have mastered this tactic, but they’ve been doing it for years, and we expected it. You can call it smart, or you can see it as dirty—whatever you want to think.”
“This tactic disrupts the flow of the game, and it’s a hindrance to everyone. They use this to their advantage, and I think we handled it quite well. It’s not easy to maintain momentum in the game and take the initiative under such circumstances. These little interruptions hinder everything, but we managed the situation well.”
“It was a tough afternoon for both sides. The way they interrupt the game, how they use the other side of football, is something many teams don’t do, making the game more difficult, slowing it down, and even having the goalkeeper go down deliberately to gain extra time or information.”
“We had to stay calm in these moments, and I think we did. Today was an intense battle; there were a lot of fierce tackles, some unwise decisions, but it’s hard to fully grasp everything after the game.”
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