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Monday 5 October 2015

Match report : Arsenal vs Manchester United

The odds were definitely in United's favour heading into Sunday's clash with Arsenal coming off the back of a Champions league defeat to Olompiacos while United recording a victory against Wolfsburg and a victory for United meaning they would be back again at the top of the table. Also, the last time Arsenal beat United in the League was in May 2011 , so the pressure was definitely on Arsene Wenger's side.

But finally when the dust settled  and all was said and done Arsenal thrashed United 3-0 in the Emirates stadium with a brace from Sanchez and a goal from Ozil as Arsenal climbed up to second position in the league table.

Arsenal had made 4 changes to the side that was beaten by Olompiacos with Cech returning back in goal . United made 2 changes from their last game with Carrick playing instead of Schneiderlin and Ashley Young in for Valencia at left full-back.

Early on Arsenal got a free kick just outside the box but Santi Cazorla's effort was too straight forward and De Gea had no problem in dealing with it .

It all started in the 6th minute , Arsenal started at attack down the left wing . The ball was played to  right back Hector Bellerin by Ozil and Bellerin got past Ashley Young just outside the box  but his cross was intercepted  by Daley Blind but it was a poor clearance from the Dutchman and Arsenal got back possession . Ramsey played it through to Mesul Ozil who fed it Sanchez who converted brilliantly from the near post for Arsenal's first goal.

Just one minute after the first goal Arsenal were on the counter again . Sanchez brilliantly flicked the ball to Ozil . Ozil passed it on to Walcott in the box who was surrounded by 4 United players but picked out Ozil who continued his run into the box and the ex-madrid playmaker  slotted it into the bottom left-corner leaving absolutely no chance for De gea .

In the 20th minute ,Arsenal stared moving  up the pitch again and Ramsey played a brilliant pass to Sanchez and the Chilean took it past Matteo Darmian , went past another defender , switched it on to his right foot and absolutely smashed it into the the top right corner. It was   a screamer from Sanchez who has found his form again with 6 goals in his last games and De Gea again with no chance of stopping it .

Mid-way through the first half , Arsenal started an attack again , Santi Cazorla  headed it cleverly over Schweinsteiger's head but his shot from outside the box  couldn't find the target.

The first half was all-arsenal and in the 35th minute  Arsenal started yet another attack down the left wing  with Sanchez pulling off some step-overs and played it to Ozil and Arsenal played a few passes in United's box and finally Sanchez picked out Ramsey with a brilliant cross who is open but Ramsey fires it way over the crossbar. It really should have been 4-0 but Ramsey with a poor finish.

Towards the end of the first half , United started an attack and Antony Martial gets the ball in the 6 yard area with his back to goal and sends Mertesacker the wrong way but Cech saves it brilliantly with his leg and the game goes into half time .

Just a few minutes into the second half Ashley Young runs into Arsenal's half , cuts inside and takes a shot but it's a comfortable save for Petr Cech.

In the 53rd minute , Arsenal got a free  kick outside the box . Ozil took it but his shot was straight at the wall and Ozil fired the rebound way off target .

Manchester United got a corner in the 62nd which is headed away by an Arsenal defender  not too far away and  United regain possession but Rooney's effort was saved by Petr Cech with a diving effort to his left . Another good save by Petr Cech.

United started another attack with some good passes around the penalty area and Schweinsteiger is one-on-one but his first touch is too heavy and Cech takes it away from Germany's captain.

In the 70th minute , Mata gets the ball outside  Arsenal's penalty area but he can't convert what was a difficult chance.

A few minutes later , Monreal made a run down the left wing  and laid it on to Ozil who shot it straight at De Gea.

Towards the end of the game , Arsenal started another counter attack and Chamberlain got the ball on the right wing , made his way into  United's penalty area and passed it to Giroud who shot it low but the effort was straight at De Gea. Poor finish from the Frenchman.

In injury time , United lost the ball in the centre of the pitch and Chamberlain was released in the penalty area by a through ball and 'The Ox'  chipped it over De Gea but his effort hit the crossbar and went out of play .

The final whistle blew at the Emirates stadium and Arsenal got their first victory over United in four and a half years . Arsenal set this game up with three early outstanding goals and Cech was able to save everything that United threw at him .

United missed out on the chance of reaching the top of the table and Arsenal by far the better team and a deserved win for them . Arsenal right back in the title race with this victory .

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