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Key occasions
Roy Keane on Matheus Cunha’s winner
The facility and the accuracy on this strike… I name it a Man Utd objective. That is what you wish to see from United gamers. I’d watch that every one night time. Good objective!
On Patrick Dorgu’s potential handball, the replays aren’t conclusive so the VAR resolution to award the objective was right. On the time I assumed it hit his arm. Now, having seen a couple of replays, my intuition is it got here off his hip.
David Hytner
The Emirates Stadium was a sea of tension. The Arsenal followers are acutely conscious {that a} first Premier League title since 2004 is inside their grasp and when it’s so tantalising, will probably be fraught. Particularly when matches like this turn into a grind. When the attacking patterns don’t work. When the staff appears to be like weak.
Arsenal might really feel their nearest rivals, Manchester Metropolis and Aston Villa, on their backs. Each had each received to chop their lead on the prime to 4 factors. Mikel Arteta’s staff had drawn their earlier two league matches 0-0 – towards Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. They had been determined for one thing right here and when Patrick Dorgu put Manchester United 2-1 up with a scorching drive early within the second half, they’d have taken something. They’d finish with nothing – aside from a thumping headache.
Martin Odegaard’s response
It wasn’t ok from us. It’s laborious to inform precisely [what went wrong], we want a while to analyse it. The efficiency wasn’t ok nevertheless it’s time to stay collectively, much more, and to simply bounce again.
We had been the higher staff within the first half. We scored the objective and had management, however we had a variety of giveaways in the course of the sport that created harmful moments. Within the second half the momentum modified a bit.
[Was there a nervousness today?] No, I don’t suppose so. We had been properly ready for the sport and began strongly.
It was by no means gonna be straightforward within the league, we all know that. We’re nonetheless prime of the league. We now have to stay collectively, preserve going and bounce again right away.
“What a bonkers sport that is Rob,” writes Steve Bradfield. “A couple of weeks in the past Man U had been in disaster, final week it was Metropolis, this morning it was Liverpool and now it’ll be Arsenal.”
Manchester United response
Harry Maguire (the participant of the match)
It’s completely huge. One-off outcomes can occur in a derby so we needed to again it up at the moment. Arsenal ask a variety of questions of you, so to have a late setback and nonetheless get the win… it’s a powerful efficiency.
Michael’s been sensible with us. He’s introduced recent vitality and galvanised the group. Two powerful video games, so to win each is magnificent.
We’ve bought a much bigger squad now with the lads again from Afcon, and we’ve bought gamers like Matheus to return on. I’m certain he’s not joyful being on the bench, I do know what he’s like, however I have to say he’s made the distinction for us in each video games.
They began the sport rather well, however after 20 minutes I felt we bought a grip on the sport and began being braver on the ball. I feel we had been comfy within the second half. Their greatest menace was set-plays, they managed to attain one – it was a scrappy objective and one thing we’d have to have a look at. However like I stated, we have now high quality that may harm groups and we managed to try this at the moment.
[The fans are still singing behind you…] It’s been a tricky few years for them. Outcomes like final week, and like tonight, are what they deserve.
Matheus Cunha (the matchwinner)
[Is it your best moment for United so far?] 100 per cent. These are the video games you dream of taking part in in; the video games you watch on tv and wish to be a part of. It means the whole lot.
[On being sub] Everybody desires to play, everybody has the standard to play, however the very first thing is to present the whole lot to assist this staff. We did it properly at the moment.
Michael Carrick walks over to the away followers, waves for them to make extra noise after which clenches his fist in triumph. That may be a helluva win for Manchester United. They weren’t as dominant as final week, however they had been by no means going to be away to Arsenal. In some methods – their response to adversity, the standard of the objectives – this was extra spectacular.
The Premier League desk
Full time: Arsenal 2-3 Man Utd
Arsenal are overwhelmed at residence for the primary time this season, and their new 12 months wobble is at risk of changing into one thing extra severe. Eight days in the past that they had the prospect to go 9 factors clear on the prime; now they lead Man Metropolis and Aston Villa by 4 with 15 video games to play.
Oh, and Manchester United are as much as fourth after successful a Premier League sport on the Emirates for the primary time since 2017. A flawed however fascinating sport was settled by a barnstorming late objective from the substitute Matheus Cunha.
90+8 min Gyokeres fouls the final defender Martinez. The referee permits play to proceed, simply in case, and Gyokeres’s shot is blocked by Lammens anyway.
90+6 min Martinez makes an necessary lunging problem on Saka within the space. The personal objective apart, Martinez has been wonderful.
90+4 min A unfastened sq. move from Saliba runs throughout to Fernandes, who tries to attain from the midway line with Raya out of his space, by no means thoughts his objective. He will get all of it fallacious and the ball flies miles vast.
Are you able to name it an opportunity when it’s from the midway line? For a participant of Fernandes’s class I feel it was, actually with Raya thus far out.
90+4 min Arsenal transfer the ball left, then proper, then left once more. They’ve created little or no in open play, although Man Utd deserve a variety of credit score for his or her defending as properly.
90+3 min “Forest fan, zero love for Arsenal, joyful Manyoo are beginning to play properly,” says Mark Turner. “How that Dorgu objective was allowed to face is past my ken.”
We’ll hear loads about it I’m certain.
90+1 min Rice’s nook is punched away properly by Lammens. Cunha tries to interrupt and is pulled again by Eze; he’s booked.
90 min Arsenal win one other nook, this time on the left. There will probably be seven minutes of added time.
89 min: Man Utd substitution Noussair Mazraoui is on for Amad Diallo, which suggests a swap to 5-4-1/9-0–1.
What a objective from Matheus Cunha! Unbelievable stuff. He acquired a cute little move from Mainoo on the half flip, veered from left to proper at an angle and flashed a curling shot round Gabriel from 25 yards. Raya had no probability and it flew into the underside nook. It shouldn’t be potential to hit a ball that tough with the aspect of the foot.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-3 Man Utd (Cunha 87)
Decide that sucker out!
Saka clipped one other significantly awkward nook beneath the crossbar. Lammens tried to return by way of the group however mistimed a punch in the direction of his personal objective*. Cunha cleared it off the road and Merino adopted as much as rating. The ball simply crossed the road earlier than Sesko lumped it away. For a cut up second time stood nonetheless… till the referee checked out his watch and gave the objective.
* I suppose it was Lammens however there have been so many our bodies in there; it might have come off someone’s head.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-2 Man Utd (Merino 84)
Arsenal rating from a nook for the 971st time this season !
83 min Saka, on the precise aspect of the realm, tries to catch Lammens out with a disguised shot by way of the legs of Casemiro. Lammens will get right down to push it around the close to publish.
82 min Sesko, simply on the sphere, takes a Bruno Fernandes move straight within the face and is a bit dazed for 30 the subsequent 30 seconds.
82 min: Man Utd substitution Benjamin Sesko replaces Patrick Dorgu, a strikingly/riskily attacking change within the circumstances. Cunha will transfer to the left wing.
81 min United are taking part in on with 10 males for now. Saka’s cross is headed over by Gyokeres, although he thought it ought to have been a nook. Tough probability both manner.
79 min Dorgu fouls White, loses his stability after which feels his proper hamstring whereas down. I don’t suppose he’ll have the ability to proceed.
78 min Senne Lammens has had just one routine to avoid wasting because the 18th minute. It’s a little bit of a headscratcher.
77 min “My feeling is that for those who had been to make a time-lapse video of Arsenal’s momentum over the season, you’d see the pendulum slowly cease and (round now) begin to transfer backwards,” writes Joe Johnson. “They’ve been expending a variety of vitality in current weeks huffing and puffing with out blowing groups away, successful by the odd objective, drawing — hanging on, mainly, in manner that’s not sustainable.”
I do know what you imply, although I’m undecided I’d go that far. And I nonetheless suppose they’ll win the league.
75 min: Arsenal substitution Noni Madueke replaces Leandro Trossard. Bukayo Saka has moved throughout to the left wing.
73 min A good spell of possession for United till Martinez overhits a move by way of to Raya.
72 min Dorgu controls a ball into the realm and tries to tee up Mainoo with a backheel. White does properly to get in entrance and clear. Moments later Cunha’s harmful cross is minimize out on the close to publish by Saka.
71 min Merino’s shot from the sting of the realm deflects off the falling Maguire and is saved comfortably by Lammens. It hit Maguire’s hand, in truth, however he was on his strategy to floor, not dissimilar to Martin Odegaard at Anfield the opposite 12 months.
69 min: Man Utd substitution Matheus Cunha replaces Bryan Mbeumo, whose equaliser, scored with a resting coronary heart charge, was the turning level of the sport. Nicely, the primary three-quarters of the sport.
68 min White overhits a difficult however nonetheless comparatively easy return move to Saka within the space. Saka was the fallacious aspect of Dorgu and would have had a taking pictures probability with a greater ball.
65 min Rice shoots over from distance. Arsenal, although they’re on prime in the intervening time, nonetheless look very self-conscious.