Arsenal vs Man United

Arsenal and Manchester United face off in a match that could make or break both sides' seasons and it's live on talkSPORT.The Gunners reignited their.

He added: “That [the bomb threat] is not the only reason. We owe that to ourselves, to our supporters, to everybody at the club, that we show the best of us today and get a good result.” Arsenal 0 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 Arsenal 1 Man United 0 33' – Dean Ashton told talkSPORT: “I feel a penalty is the right call. Arsenal 1 Man United 0

There will be an extra incentive for Arsenal to get the win, after disappointingly losing the reverse fixture 3-2 this season. It was a match that was for the ...

United have to go and beat Arsenal, the players that want to stay at Manchester United have to turn up in this game and show everybody that they want to be a part of the future. To get anything, United have to be a team. It's very difficult to see Manchester United getting a result after the recent performances, which look as if United are just turning up and they can't wait for the end of the season. Just drop @TomCantonMedia a DM for details on how to get involved. If the players that stay and want to be a part of a United team in the Champions League, this is a must-win game and hopefully there's some kind of response, but fans have been waiting for a while and it hasn't come. There will be an extra incentive for Arsenal to get the win, after disappointingly losing the reverse fixture 3-2 this season. A win for Arsenal against Manchester United on Saturday afternoon will take Arteta's team six points ahead of Ralf Rangnick's side, with still an extra game in hand to play. Arsenal's pressure in the first few moments has been telling. Arsenal writers Chris Wheatley, Kaya Kaynak and Tom Canton will be updating you throughout the day. Saka shoots and David De Gea just palms it into Tavares' path to slot home an open goal. A win will also give the north London side breathing space in the top four race. I haven't got any great expectation that we'll turn up there and get a result.

Excellent save from Ramsdale to turn Dalot's shot on to the post after another good pass from Ronaldo down the right of the box.

Arsenal are in their Herbert Chapman white-sleeved red shirts. Arsenal waste a couple of crossing opportunities, first from Tavares, then from Cedric but Xhaka takes the chance to swing in a deep cross from the left. Ramsdale blunders with a side-foot pass into midfield that is picked off easily by McTominay who pops off a pass to his left. Ramsdale almost tees up Man Utd again with a lax short pass. Dalot hits the bar from 20 yards with a chip moments after their penalty appeal was turned down for Cedric's handball. But he thumps it straight at De Gea who blocks with a strong arm. Lindelof holds Nketiah at bay and makes him lay it off to Tavares. Varane heads the left-back's cross away with emphatic force. Arsenal deserve their lead but they look significantly more tentative at the back than they did at Stamford Bridge while seeming just as devastating in attack. From the throw-in Arsenal switch it to the left via Odegaard and Nketiah and send Tavares into the box. Tavares bends another cross in from the left but sends it out of play. Dalot has hit the bar and had a shot diverted on to the post. McTominay and Gabriel have digs at each other while on the floor with some shoving and poking.

Hello, and welcome to The Athletic's coverage of this afternoon's top-four Premier League battle between Arsenal and Manchester United.

It's wonderful play from Sancho to tee up Matic for the cross. 34' Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd 40' Arsenal 2-1 Man Utd De Gea is equal to it and parries it clear. His fierce effort is saved, though. Dalot is played in down the right and he tries to beat Ramsdale at his near post.

A surprise 4-2 win at Chelsea on Wednesday brought the Gunners level on points with Tottenham with the north London derby looming large on the horizon; between ...

[The players] were as disappointed as we all were, so it's now up to the players and us to show a reaction on the pitch tomorrow." Here is how you can watch the game and what you need to know: It might no longer be the battle for English footballing supremacy that it was 20 years ago, but there is plenty at stake when Arsenal face Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium with both sides looking to stay in the top four race.

Arsenal host Manchester United in the Premier League as both sides chase 4th spot. Arsenal come into the game in good spirits after beating Chelsea midweek, ...

90 mins to KO: Welcome to The Sporting News' coverage of Arsenal vs. It made it through to Saka on the right. Cristiano Ronaldo returns to the starting lineup after missing the Liverpool game on compassionate grounds. 3 mins to KO: Mikel Arteta has been emphasising the need for the fans to get behind the team ahead of this game, and they've clearly listened. A cross comes in which seems like it should be simple to deal with, but it beat the United centre halves and Telles couldn't deal with it. Elanga was put through on the right, and fired a shot at Aaron Ramsdale. That was followed by a corner from the right. The hosts saw most of the ball in the opening minutes. 11th min: Aaron Ramsdale's attempted pass is intercepted, and Bruno Fernandes takes a shot from the edge of area, with Ramsdale out of his goal. 19th min: Arsenal play out from a goal kick, finding Nketiah on the halfway line. 31st min: The referee goes across to the pitchside monitor. United will be licking their wounds after a 4-0 loss to Liverpool, and the mood at Old Trafford is bleak, despite the announcement of Erik ten Hag as next season's manager. The hosts were struggling for goals before they put four past Chelsea, and the Gunners look to have found their firepower just in time.

Saka take down Xhaka cross nicely, David de Gea save im shot but Tavares tap in di rebound. Arsenal 1-0 Man United.

10 mins - Arsenal nearly give United opportunity to equalise. 15 mins - Anthony Elanga dey cause Arsenal problems down dia left side. 50 mins - United need to ginger demsef for dis second half if dem want any point from dis game. Im later shoot but Ramsdale save am go out for Corner. From di Cornerkick, McTominay head wide. Arsenal 1-0 Man United. 45+2 mins - Alex Telles hammer shot goalwards, Ramsdale save am and straight from di corner Arsenal counter. 27 mins - Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah score di Gunners second but VAR don rule say di Englishman bin dey offside. 21 mins - Ronaldo try im luck from outside di box, di shot go over di bar. 24 mins - United don begin press Arsenal and dem want penalty afta Sancho dey claim say di ball hit Cedric Soares for hand. 62 mins - United don hit di post again, dis time na Ramsdale save Dalot shot hit di woodwork. 46 mins - Arsenal don restart di second half. 3 mins - Goal! Arsenal take early lead.

Arsenal vs Manchester United: The Gunners can effectively end the Red Devils' top-four hopes while boosting their own when they meet in north London.

As things stand, Manchester United (54 points) already trail Arsenal (57 points) by three points while having played one more game. KICK OFF: 5th-place Arsenal host 6th-place Manchester United with the Gunners having a three-point over their rivals. Good chance for United on the counter. No penalty kick but that is worrying for Arsenal. Ronaldo and Elanga have looked promising. Brilliant cross from Matic and that is a superb finish from Ronaldo. Game on. HALF TIME: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United – That was one of the most dramatic 45 minutes of the season. Nuno Tavares skies a shot way over from inside the box as he had a lot more time than he thought. Penalty kick to Manchester United! Nuno Tavares handles in the box with his arm raised high in the air. It is all Manchester United and Ronaldo is leading the charge! FULL TIME: Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United – What a thrilling game. He also said United weren’t happy with the VAR decisions. As for Ralf Rangnick, he says that Manchester United were ‘very unlucky’ at Arsenal and it’s hard to disagree with that.

How the Gunners got on individually in their Premier League clash with the Red Devils at the Emirates Stadium.

Lead the team through their difficult spell at the start of second half encouraging concentration before rifling a sublime third past David De Gea. When Arsenal have needed Xhaka at the most important part of the season he has stepped up and delivered. So secure in possession and really unlucky not to have the assist of the season for his ball to Nketiah in the first half. Mohamed Elneny: Another solid display from the Egyptian who was tidy in possession in front of the backline. Gave the ball away a lot and gave away a ridiculous penalty for a completely needless handball. Gabriel: Seemed to lose the flight of the ball from the cross that led to Ronaldo's goal and was far from his assured self. Looked revitalised after Fernandes' penalty miss though and pulled off a sublime save to stop Dalot. 5.

Arsenal's chaotic 3-1 victory over Manchester United underlined why the clubs vying for fourth place in the Premier League need it so desperately.

"But again, this is why we have a VAR, and you should expect if the referee plus the VAR check, they should in the end take the right decision. We were at least unlucky, but again, we have to get better at defending the box. If he is to be the focal point of a new United side, the 27-year-old has to find more efficiency in his play than this. "My belief is that we are going to give it a real go; we can win football matches, but the margins are going to be really small and we have to be very aware of that," Arteta said postmatch. But Fernandes was so wasteful in open play that the worst thing he could have done was turn his penalty into a pass, rolling the ball against Ramsdale's right-hand post. Neither team can be relied upon for any consistency if they continue to defend like this and yet, back-to-back wins -- following three consecutive defeats -- elevated Arsenal into fourth place ahead of Tottenham's trip to Brentford later in the day.

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Goals from Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka were enough to give us all three points in a thrilling encounter at Emirates Stadium.

Winning and losing in this league and where we are today, is defined by the small margins, so everything has to be there to take the game where we want at the end of the 95 minutes. This changes so quickly, but my belief is that we’re going to give it a real go, we can win football matches, but the margins are very small and we have to be very aware of that. But this is the game, and we have to be focused in what we do and what we want to do, and don’t get too down or too excited after winning. So they are going to make mistakes, and they are going to make decisions that - from here it’s very easy to say ‘why have you done that’ - but they are there on the pitch, and let’s give them support because they need it. The energy and the connection they have in that stadium with them is phenomenal and that gives us a real chance and makes me believe that we can do it. With the youth and academy players that we are bringing in, with the signings that we made, with the qualities that we had. Because today was decisive when you have total control of the match and you are 2-0 up, Ronaldo comes in out of a nothing and is with Gabi and manages to score a goal. He needs to go through these experiences to understand, OK what trigged that moment, when you go from here to there - and give him support. To come with a victory against that team is great and I think it’s what the players deserve. Especially with the characters, and personalities that are in that team. Then when they missed their penalty, and we made the change in shape and scored the goal, I think that’s where we won it. I think it was a phenomenal game for the spectators and the fans.

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Smoke.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) pic.twitter.com/noBZbuTnVi April 23, 2022 Will Arsenal end United's top-four hopes once and for all? Arsenal have a narrow lead at the break! Saka puts the penalty away! Ronaldo halves the deficit! Tavares has blown a clear chance to put Arsenal two goals ahead again and grab his second of the afternoon! I will work even harder to come back stronger and hopefully before the end of the season. Dalot has hit the woodwork for the second time this afternoon! "We started well but it was a 50-50 game in the second half. The second of Cristiano was not offside. Speaking at his post-match press conference, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said of Granit Xhaka's goal: "I was dreaming of that because he deserves it. Asked if a Champions League spot is out of their reach, Rangnick said: "Pretty sure.

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Bukayo Saka was forced off through an injury sustained in the second half of Arsenal's clash with Manchester United. The 20-year-old appeared to ask for a ...

Whenever he gets on the ball, the amount of things he creates, everything happens through him and he is an outstanding player. "He can embarrass opponents when he plays against them, he has everything you need as a young player. Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty and Diogo Dalot twice hit the woodwork as United failed to make their period of superiority pay on an afternoon where Ralf Rangnick dropped United captain Harry Maguire.

United then responded, just minutes later, through Cristiano Ronaldo's 100th Premier League goal, but Bruno Fernandes hit a post with a penalty before Granit ...

39 then played in Fernandes on the edge of the area, with Gabriel quickest to react as he managed to block the Portugal international’s lofted effort on goal. The Gunners then thought they had doubled their advantage, as Saka played in Nketiah to fire home, before VAR intervened and ruled out the forward’s goal for offside. Ralf Rangnick’s side were in the ascendancy as the game approached the 25-minute mark, with Jadon Sancho beginning to come alive. There was still time for more chances at both ends, with the two sides attacking with real intent. After just a mere two minutes of proceedings at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal took the lead through full-back Tavares. Xhaka’s cross found Saka inside the area, with David De Gea called into action to deny him initially. Ramsdale then was almost caught red-faced soon after, as his kick-out was short and fell kindly to McTominay after 11 minutes.

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Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Goals from Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka were enough to give us all three points in a thrilling encounter at Emirates Stadium. We sealed the win with a cracking long-range goal from Granit Xhaka, to make it two wins in the space of four days.

Arsenal player ratings vs Manchester United as Granit Xhaka scores stunning goal as Gunners claim 3-1 Premier League win in top four hunt.

Nuno Tavares (LB) – 3/10 – Showed willingness to charge up and down the left flank and that enthusiasm got him his goal, although the rest of his shooting was horrific. Cedric (RB) – 3/10 – The quality of crosses on show from Cedric was horrendous. He was all over the place. Aaron Ramsdale (GK) – 5/10 – The goalkeeper had a shocker. On the ball he did OK in the shorter passes, but going long he lacked the accuracy. That goal was vitally important for the Gunners, who then coasted through to secure a massive three points when it looked so unlikely.

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Fernandes tries to chip the keeper, but Gabriel hares in to deflect the shot out for a corner. Xhaka swings a couple of balls into the United box. The ball drops to Saka, on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box. Ramsdale plays a ludicrous pass straight to McTominay, who slips Fernandes into space on the edge of the box. 13 min: Odegaard is this close to releasing Nketiah down the inside right with a forensic wedge. Odegaard flicks a ball down the inside-right to release Nketiah into the box. 23 min: Sancho dribbles down the left and into the Arsenal box. 21 min: A bit of space for Elanga out on the right. Cedric falls to the floor, and the ball deflects off his arm. Saka, his back to goal, tries to shield the ball from Telles. The ball pings left to Nketiah, who takes a touch and slams home. The referee goes over to the monitor, and ... But they’re also going to check for a penalty, Telles having shoved Saka in the back as he received the ball.

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21 mins: Another United penalty appeal, again no penalty. So the goal will not count. Matic curls a cross towards the back post and Ronaldo is given too much room and he doesn’t miss from six yards out. But Nketiah is offside, though. United are back in it. Simon Collings at Emirates Stadium

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Smoke.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) pic.twitter.com/noBZbuTnVi April 23, 2022 Arsenal have a narrow lead at the break! Will Arsenal end United's top-four hopes once and for all? Saka puts the penalty away! Tavares has blown a clear chance to put Arsenal two goals ahead again and grab his second of the afternoon! Ronaldo halves the deficit! I will work even harder to come back stronger and hopefully before the end of the season. Dalot has hit the woodwork for the second time this afternoon! "We started well but it was a 50-50 game in the second half. Speaking at his post-match press conference, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said of Granit Xhaka's goal: "I was dreaming of that because he deserves it. The second of Cristiano was not offside. For me the Arsenal third was clearly offside.

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Xhaka's goal came at the worst possible time for United as they looked to be getting the better of their opponents. Fernandes was then at fault for Granit Xhaka's clincher in the 70th minute that sealed a 3-1 win for Arsenal. Mikel Arteta's side ran out 3-1 winners at the Emirates to boost their chances of ending their wait for Champions League qualification. Rangnick suggested the offside line was not conclusive to find Ronaldo offside. United had the chance to make it 2-2 midway through the second half but Bruno Fernandes saw his spot-kick hit the post. However, goals from Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka have forced Ralf Rangnick to concede his side's chances of finishing in the top four are over.

Paul Scholes has heavily criticised Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta following the Gunners' 3-1 win against Manchester United.

"It’s a coming together, of course, it is." “I didn’t really think of the foul, to be honest. Speaking on Premier League Productions, the former England international said: “At the time, I thought it was offside.

Arsenal beat Manchester United in a thrilling clash, as the Gunners boosted their top four hopes and the player ratings were fun to dish out.

Antony Elanga: 7 – His pace got him in to some promising positions but couldn’t finish off the chances. Jadon Sancho: 7 – Tricky as always and gave Cedric a tough time. Eddie Nketiah: 6 – Missed a big chance and took his offside goal well. Diogo Dalot: 6 – Switched off on Nuno Tavares’ goal and not great defensively. He scored his first Arsenal goal, was given a tough time by Elanga as he could have conceded a penalty kick in the first half. He then conceded a penalty for a silly handball but Fernandes missed it.

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka scored a fantastic long-range strike to seal a win against Man United, but there was a hint of controversy over an offside ...

If he is having to lean around a player in an offside position then it should be offside." It is a great strike, an absolute arrow, but when you look at that shot of De Gea looking around that player, surely he is interfering with play. Following the goal, Mikel Arteta said he was "dreaming" of a good reception for the midfielder: "I was dreaming of that because he deserves it.