Submitted during many moments of the game by the Arsenalthe Manchester United offered a demonstration of efficiency, counterattack and talentpersonified in the passes of Bruno Fernandeswithout whom nothing had been possible, and in the two goals from Marcus Rashford with whom he overflowed and discussed the leader of the classification that lost 3-1 and to whom stopped after five wins in a row and the one who frustrated a historic plenary session, at the premiere with a bit of Antonythe Old Trafford club’s €100m signing.
The team of Erik Ten Hag grows and grows and grows in the last days. . Their four wins in a row and the consolidation against Arsenal is proposed to only three points already from the top of the Premier Leaguecapable of resisting, responding and hitting the opposing goal.
United only dominated the Gunners in the game at the beginning. Nothing more. He rushed it with a Remate de Christian Eriksen or the Jadon Sancho’s shot that cleared Ramsdalebut he bent him afterwards, just when he least appeared to do so.
also had influence the VAR. In the minute 10. With players like Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka or Gabriel Martinelli, every counterattack launched by Arsenal is an invitation to a goal. It was the recovery of his Norwegian midfielder -later understood by the referee as a foul on Eriksen, with which invalidated the goal-, the saka wonderful pass and the unmarking, the race and Martinelli’s definition, who overtook Dalot and beat De Gea. The monitor revealed the slight infraction, which is part of the controversy.
It was Antonywho unbalanced the match after half an hour passed through a pass from Marcus Rashford (1-0, m. 34). Antony then claimed his qualities against the weight of 100 million euros.
It was not enough reaction of the London team, visible, conclusive, at the height expected at the level he has shown so far, in unthinkable records in possession at the start of the second half. He made it 1-1 after Varane lost a ballhe and he perfect pass from Odegaard to Gabriel Jesuswhich was not quite enough, but which promoted the rebound that Saka converted into a tie goal.
But in the swing of the whole match, in an unpredictable duel, everything changed suddenly. When Arsenal was best perceived, United struck. On the contrary, with Eriksen’s first touchwith the extraordinary vision and execution of the final pass by Bruno Fernandes, with the outside of his right foot, to throw Marcus Rashfordregained his advantage the local team to the disbelief of Mikel Arteta.
The 2-1 already completely discovered the Arsenel. In the two against one of the Danish international and Rashford vs. Ramsdale, did the easy thing: gave it to the striker for his doubletthe reaffirmation of United and the first defeat of a leaderSuddenly in question.