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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 5 (setup 2, season 18)
Arsenal
v.
Manchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Damián 'Emiliano' MARTÍNEZ17Wojciech SZCZESNY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Takehiro TOMIYASU26Axel TUANZEBE
NUNO Albertino Varela TAVARES836Luke SHAW
Granit XHAKA47BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES
Rob HOLDING5William SALIBA
Auston TRUSTY66Nicolò BARELLA
FÁBIO Daniel Ferreira VIEIRA77Riyad MAHREZ
Emile SMITH ROWE8Marcus RASHFORD
Folarin BALOGUN797Dusan VLAHOVIC
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES106Leon GORETZKA
Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Alencar, MARQUINHOS116Sadio MANÉ
Manager
Charlie PATINO12Frenkie DE JONG
Jack BUTLAND13David DE GEA Quintana
Lino da Cruz SOUSA14Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Tyreece JOHN-JULES15Xavi SIMONS
Jack HENRY-FRANCIS16Memphis DEPAY

Arsenal 2 Manchester United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,554, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Keith HILL 7½, TV: highlights)
15 Balogun, 74 Fábio VieiraScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners5
6Fouls15
4Offsides2
4Shots on3
8Shots off8
12Total shots11
1Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: NUNO Albertino Varela TAVARES
6The bemused Manchester United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from SHAW fell just over.
7A great effort from XHAKA scraped the upright.
9A cross from MAHREZ left VLAHOVIC in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
12SHAW waltzed away from XHAKA and rifled a poor shot well wide.
14A corner bobbled toward RASHFORD who turned the ball just beyond the near post.
15GOAL!! As TUANZEBE was trying to hold back XHAKA the ball dropped to BALOGUN who blasted the ball into the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
18MANÉ drilled a right foot shot inches wide from thirty yards out.
22A lovely pass from FÁBIO VIEIRA, was hit goalbound by SMITH ROWE only for the Manchester United 'keeper to claw away.
23SZCZESNY did well to hold onto an amazing strike from SMITH ROWE.
24FÁBIO VIEIRA knocked the ball to SMITH ROWE who flicked it just beyond the far post.
26BALOGUN shot wide.
29SMITH ROWE rushed a simple chance.
35RASHFORD flicked a simple chance past the far post.
 
56SMITH ROWE was put clear by HOLDING and he raced past SZCZESNY but struck his shot wide.
58RASHFORD galloped through the Arsenal defence but shot straight at the Arsenal 'keeper.
61A delightful save prevented GORETZKA from scoring a good goal.
68GORETZKA beat XHAKA and blasted the ball to BRUNO FERNANDES who pulled his shot wide.
74GOAL!! BRUNO FERNANDES tried to play the ball out of the Manchester United penalty area but was tackled by MAITLAND-NILES who nodded the ball to FÁBIO VIEIRA for a simple tap in. (2-0 Arsenal)
77A good ball from XHAKA on the right found SMITH ROWE who mishit his shot wide.
81RASHFORD headed just wide.
83A mix up in the Manchester United defence enabled TRUSTY to blast the ball just beyond the far post.
85BRUNO FERNANDES worked the ball to MANÉ, SALIBA gathered his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
88A pin-point pass bobbled toward RASHFORD and his looping shot raced narrowly wide.