Arsenal started off by playing high, putting pressure on the Red Devils from the start who struggled to get the ball out. And Bellerin logically sent a first thrill to De Gea’s cage but Aubameyang was too short to take back the strong center of the Spaniard (14th). The continuation of the first act was more balanced, but closed. It must be said that the meeting, beyond being one of the most beautiful posters of the Premier League, weighed in the balance. Respectively, 15th and 13th at kick-off, Manchester United and Arsenal are already lagging behind the leader, Liverpool. Another defeat was costly.
Arsenal still provided two good opportunities, but Willian found the bar (38th), and Saka (44th) demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the Gunners in front of goal. Stifled, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had struck only once at half-time, their lowest home total since October 2015.
Pogba causes a penalty
Visibly heckled by their coach, the Red Devils offered a much better face when they returned from the locker room. Bruno Fernandes took only fifteen seconds to trigger his first shot (46th). With a Manchester United player, the meeting became more pleasant. But Aubameyang (52nd) and Elneny (65th) did not find the frame, ditto for Maguire (55th).
The clumsiness of Paul Pogba was finally the turning point of this match. Late, the French international hung Bellerin in his area. While he had not scored in the Premier League for five matches, Aubameyang did not tremble (1-0, 69th). Despite the entries of van de Beek and Cavani (75th), the Red Devils did not manage to pick up the score. It is the Gunners, on the contrary, who scared themselves on this deviation from Elneny who finished on the post of his own goalkeeper (85th). More fear than harm…
Arsenal emerges victorious from this duel and breaks the curse. The London club hadn’t won at Old Trafford for fourteen years. Worse, he had not won on the lawn of a Big 6 team since 2015. A significant success therefore, especially as the Gunners go back to 8th place, a length of Everton (2nd). Manchester United, on the other hand, plunges into its pitfalls.
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