Manchester City’s Phil Foden (left) and Arsenal’s Dani Ceballos battle for the ball during the Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium (Peter Powell/NMC Pool)Manchester City turned on the style to beat Arsenal while a bizarre goal-line technology error denied Sheffield United at Aston Villa as the Premier League came back behind closed doors on Wednesday evening. A joint statement from Aston Villa and Sheffield United said they were “proud to stand in solidarity” with their players and coaching staff in “expressing our collective support for the Black Lives Matter movement”. “They are getting assessed at the moment and we will know something more probably tomorrow morning,” Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said. But Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder said: “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith said: “There’s always going to be some error, we have human error from officials and we have to accept that.

Source: Irish Independent June 18, 2020 03:33 UTC