arsenal 2-1 man utd 2008

FT. Arsenal. After we saw an early Gabriel Martinelli effort ruled out by VAR, United took the lead into half-time through Antony, however we pegged them back thanks to Bukayo Saka's first goal of the season. In the interests of balanced reporting, I should add that Rio Ferdinand sticks out a leg and clears it. Evra eventually clears for a throw-in. Free-kick. The United breakthrough came 15 minutes into the second half, when referee Rob Styles awarded the home side a penalty, despite Jlloyd Samuel 's challenge on Cristiano Ronaldo appearing to have been a fair one; Ronaldo converted the penalty himself. Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal. 2008, including games won and lost, goals scored and more. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson restores Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney to his starting line-up following their midweek draw with Celtic. Half-time That's been a phenomenal 45 minutes of football played at an unbelievably high tempo. 1 min:Manchester United kick off wearing today's away strip, a nice blue number. Howard Webb brings a marvellous game of football to a close with three long blasts on his whistle. Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United (Nasri 46) That is an unbelievably good goal in which Arsenal "Arsenal" the ball into the net - after 15 short passes during 45 seconds of possession in the final third, Fabregas dinks a diagonal ball into Nasri at the edge of the penalty area and the left-winger smashes the ball past Edwin van der Sar. Ceri Stagg writes: "You have so far given Arsenal eight exclamation marks for their goals scored, whereas Man Utd have received a mere four. 21 Jan 2007 Sun Jan 21 - 16:00 Sun Jan 21 - 16:00 Emirates Stadium Arsenal 2 1 Manchester United NEWS & VIDEO By Richard Clarke In the build-up to this game, Arsne Wenger was asked who he felt would win the title. Thank you for using Footballcritic. 73 min: Arsenal have a good penalty-shout turned down when Nemanja Vidic grabs a handful of Samir Nasri's shirt-front and hauls him to the ground inside the penalty area. 60 mins: GOAL!!! Arsenal scored 1.8 goals and conceded 0.8 in average. GOAL! Start by talking about your audience, not yourself. Trusted News Discovery Since 2008. Premier League Highlights News and Gossips | 2007 - 2022, Man Utd 2-1 Tottenham FA Cup Highlights, Manchester United 1-1 Leicester City Highlights. One News Page Home; Editions. Arsenal FC scores 2.41 goals when playing at home and Manchester United scores 1.56 goals when playing away (on average). Because apparently that's being biased. 33 min: Park tries his luck from a distance, but Manuel Almunia parries the low drive out to the right. The big Jessica. 4:3. with two more exclamation marks than the Utd one. Arsenal 2 - 1 Manchester United A free-kick is threaded through from midfield. In the build-up to his shot on goal, Fabregas was clear down the left-hand side, but crossed when he should perhaps have made for the corner and stood there with his foot on the ball for five minutes or cut inside and tried a shot. Free-kick for United a couple of yards to the left-hand side of the Arsenal penalty area. Manchester Utd. Manchester United 12. #OTD 2008, After losing 2-1 to Stoke, #Arsenal beat Manchester United by the same score line with Samir Nasri scoring both goals. Manchester United Head-to-head records of Arsenal against other . GOAL! 55 min: Wayne Rooney tries a shot, but his wild slash is so poor the ball goes out for a throw-in near the corner flag. 1) Man Utd 2) Ole moonlighting as PL Manager 3) Ole's Wheel 4) JLingz pretending to play football 5) Fergies Red Face Five minutes to go and there should be at least as much again in added time. "Pundits seem to think Arsene is three players short of a good squad - eight would be closer." 1. 31 mins: Nowt much happening at the moment. 66 min: With Manuel Almunia flat on his back getting attention, Michael Carrick gets booked. Red card for the Arsenal centre-half at the linesman's insistance. Subs: Kuszczak, Giggs, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, O'Shea, Evans, Tevez. Arsenal FC have a winning streak of 6 matches. 76 mins: Rio Ferdinand is currently the subject of the Sky Player Cam, which should come in handy for anyone who has a television, a satellite dish and young children they'd like to frighten up to bed. Finale ovog natjecanja je najgledaniji godinji portski dogaaj, kojeg gleda vie . Arsenal 1-3 Man Utd (agg 1-4) Ronaldo's powerful 40-yard strike proved too hot too handle for keeper Almunia. host team. 39 min: A promising attack by Arsenal comes to nothing after crossed wires between Sagna and Walcott on the right wing gift the ball to Park, who breaks and eases the pressure on United. Lets get one thing straight " [Sorry, the writer of this minute-by-minute report reserves the right to cut readers correspondence for reasons of space.]. Corner for Manchester United, from which Arsenal break and win a corner of their own after a Cesc Fabregas shot from distance takes a deflection and fizzes this wide of the upright. 13 April 2008Manchester United went six points clear at the top of the Premier League after coming from behind to beat Arsenal in a pulsating encounter at Ol. - - - - - - - - - - - - Some times there is nothing better in life than being a gooner . Updated March 2, 2017 Samir Nasri struck twice as Arsenal beat Manchester United and delivered an emphatic confirmation of manager Arsene Wenger's belief that they are still serious Premier League contenders. 22. The Gunners took the lead. Despite Arsenal being the biggest price they've ever been to win a Premier League meeting between these two sides at 5-2 against, I have a feeling in my bones they're going to win this game, despite all the deliberate injuries to their players, their recent poor performances and the frightening strength of the Manchester United line-up today. 80 min: Great interception from Rafael, who reads Samir Nasri's intentions like a book and cuts out a pull-back acrosds the edge of the penalty area with Manchester United's defenders outnumbered. The club have now won the same number of titles as long-time record-holders Liverpool - and also . 38 mins: Dennis Bergkamp hurls a long throw in to the Manchester United box. Another good chance wasted. The young Brazilian with the curly hair rifles an unstoppable 15-yard volley inside the left upright. Click on the graph button to view the match statistics such as team line-ups, substitutions, goalscorers, yellow and red cards. Moments previously, Gael Clichy handled a cross inside his own penalty area but got away with it. Manchester United are enjoying the majority of the possession here, but so far Arsenal are refusing to wilt under the intense pressure. 40 mins: Lauren fouls John O'Shea deep in Arsenal territory, out on the left wing. It's an exquisite pass, but again there's nobody there to get on the end of it. 87 min: Rather than protect their two-goal lead by trying to keep the ball in the corners, Arsenal are going all out for another goal. And it might have got. The 2007-08 season was the 110th season of competitive football played by Arsenal. 46 mins: Roy Keane gets booked for a late tackle on Freddie Ljungberg. With the Arsenal wall assembled inside the six-yard box, Anderson slams a diagonal right-to-left shot against it and Michael Carrick sends the deflection narrowly wide. 86 min: Bakari Sagna tries an ambitious shot from distance that goes predictably high and wide. It's 15-0 to the Gunners. Arsenal regained respect, restored their reputation and rescued their title challenge with a pulsating victory over champions Manchester United at the Emirates. Ferdinand clears. Arsenal 2 - 1 Manchester United A free-kick is threaded through from midfield. Mind you, does this in fact indicate a pro-Man U bias as it indicates that you are less surprised by United scoring?". Tell you what, Liam. 79 min: Arsenal's reserve goalkeeper gets his first touch of the ball, wellying a Denilson back-pass the length of the field. 1. 67 mins: I'm reliably informed that there was 66 seconds between the two goals, including Arsenal celebrations, which appear to have accounted for about 65 of those seconds. 72 min: Great clearing header from William Gallas, who intercepts a Wayne Rooney cross from the right that was dropping nicely for Ryan Giggs on edge of the six-yard box. Preamble: "Well done," says Sir Alex Ferguson to Sky's tunnel interviewer Geoff Shreeves in that infuriatingly patronising way of his, after fielding the mandatory pre-match interrogatory projectiles. Despite this, Arsenal win a corner which Barthez fists clear. Sagna takes it, gets the ball back and is tripped by Evra, down near the corner flag. but Arsenal get away with it. #PremierLeague 08 Nov 2022 08:35:50 Manchester United substitution: Anderson off, Ryan Giggs on. writes Simon Gonzalez in North Carolina. Win, 3 matches, 30%. Tottenham's league season got off to a poor start with a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, followed a week later by another 2-1 defeat to Sunderland, with debutant Djibril Ciss scoring the winning goal in the final minutes. 60 min: Great pass by Fabregas, who strokes the ball down the inside left channel, where Bendtner controls it near the goal-line, before pulling the ball back into the penalty area. 20 min: Throw-in for Arsenal, deep in Manchester United territory. Second half: Arsenal kick-off and win a throw-in just inside the United half and then win a corner. He has no cause for complaint and doesn't grumble. Just because there's a sustained period of Arsenal pressure, does not mean I'm anti-Manchester United. Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Park, Rooney, Berbatov. Maddison, Wilson included in England's World Cup squad, England's World Cup squad named LIVE! Much will hinge on how Vassiriki Diaby plays today in his role as link-up man between the Arsenal midfield and their frontman. Henry - who is at least two yards offside - picks it up on the edge of the box, takes a couple of strides and rolls it calmly past Barthez into the bottom right hand corner. 1:23. . Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd: Mikel Arteta reflects on 'perfect' first win . 30 min: "Sir Alex's longstanding intimidation of the officials just saved Rooney a yellow card and a suspension there," writes my match analyst Gary Naylor, alluding to an incident I've obviously missed. 10 mins: Thierry Henry steams down the right wing and centres to Bergkamp who is free in the middle. Compare Manchester Utd and Arsenal. Thanks for your time and your emails - I'm afraid I haven't had time to delve into my inbox too often, but I'll read them later*. . Eh, thanks for that Rory. The ball is passed forward and a poor defensive header allows Henry a shooting opportunity from outside the box. United got the free-kick just outside the D on the edge of the Arsenal penalty area, slightly to the left of centre. It would eliminate spelling mistakes and be much quicker for you," writes Paul Quigly. Meanwhile in yesterday's Guardian, Nicklas Bendtner was busily bigging himself up ahead of today's match. Ryan Giggs spits on the ground, seemingly oblivious to the fact that somebody's mother might have to clean that up. That's all three of United's subs used up now. Has TAA done enough? And last word goes to Jamie Woods: "Would you please tell those damn yankees to stop using your minute-by-minute report to say hello to one another," he writes. The current standings of the Premier League with Man Utd highlighted. El Manchester United Football Club, conocido como Manchester United o simplemente Manchester, es un club de ftbol profesional ingls de la ciudad de Mnchester, Inglaterra, que compite en la Premier League.Disputa sus partidos como local en el estadio Old Trafford.. Fue fundado el 5 de marzo de 1878 bajo el nombre de Newton Heath LYR Football Club [4] y se incorpor a la First Division en . Manchester United. Manchester United failed to usurp Real Sociedad at the top of Europa League Group E despite a 1-0 win in San Sebastian, as Arsenal did secure their place in the last 16 on Thursday.. more 02.11.2022 02:32 Asian handicap home win rate is 60% . Clear Lahndan bias, you know?!" 2 min: Arsenal concede a free-kick on the left-hand side of their own penalty area after Manuel Almunia picks up a poor back-pass from Gael Clichy under pressure from Wayne Rooney. I've been typing so fast I should really be wearing a helmet, so I'm off for a brief lie-down in a darkened room. 01:59 United press and press and press. The chance arose after more great work from Nasri on the left, who performed miracles to hold the ball up under pressure from a bevy of Manchester United defenders. 90+1 min: Denilson tries a shot from distance, but hits it straight at Van der Sar. The Arsenal manager replied: "I have an idea but you won't believe me." The Frenchman's position was obvious. Manchester United - schedule 22/23 | Transfermarkt Scholes gives it socks, but Gilberto charges down his effort. Very, very sloppy. United clear. What's more both our Sites and Official sites are provided completely free. Damned technicalities. asks Who Else But Gary Naylor. Moments later, the ball comes to the Swede in the Manchester United box, but his back is to the goal and Roy Keane robs him of possession. There's no real need to bother with the second-half, is there? 2007-2008 Barclays Premier League . guest team . 66 mins: Thierry Henry beats Brown and Solskjaer on the left wing and crosses the ball. This was personified by Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane's regular spats and in successive seasons there were incidents in the tunnel before and after matches, including the infamous 'Pizzagate' where a buffet table was overturned. Moments later, Bergkamp tries a shot which is inadvertently blocked by his team-mate Ashley Cole. Peep! 0:00 / 1:35 Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United (8th November 2008) 31,814 views Oct 30, 2020 229 Dislike Share Save Martin Taylor 836 subscribers Goalscorers - Samir Nasri (x2) / Rafael All. Don't worry, Kevan. Rooney gets a ticking off but no booking. Solskjaer attempts a cross and blasts it wide. The officials award Arsenal a free-kick about 45 yards out. 56 min: Ronaldo crosses from the right wing, Bakari Sagna out-muscles Rooney, who ends up flat on his tum-tum on the edge of the six-yard box after failing to get his head on the ball. They win a throw straight away. Arsenal 0 - 1 Manchester United Van Nistelrooy latches on to a long ball from O'Shea, beats Vieira down the left wing, cuts inside, leaves Martin Keown for dead and draws the goalkeeper. 82 min: Free-kick for Manchester United about 12 yards outside the Arsenal penalty area, well left of centre. Henry stands over the free-kick and then shoots it the whole away across the pitch and out for a throw about 20 yards away from the corner flag. 63 min: Manchester United substitution: Gary Neville off, Rafael De Silva on. Dreadful defending from Arsenal who obviously hadn't stopped celebrating their own score. Unfortunately for Manchester United, he also lobs it over the crossbar. Wayne . #PremierLeague 09 Nov 2022 08:33:33 This page contains an complete overview of all already played and fixtured season games and the season tally of the club Man Utd in the season Overall statistics of current season. 15. 90+3 min: Tevez sends a cross in towards the far post, but Fabianski thunders off his line and claims confidently. 24 min: What an hour or so we have in store here. It wasn't even a goal. Arsenal (26%) 34 Matches 26% 27% 47% 9 Wins 9 Draws (27%) 16 Wins Manchester United (47%) Arsenal vs Manchester United's head to head record shows that of the 34 meetings they've had, Arsenal has won 9 times and Manchester United has won 16 times. Sol Campbell will miss Arsenal's last Premiership three games of the season as well as the FA Cup final. I have no idea why, he has no idea why and in the Sky commentary box, Andy Gray has no idea why either. Manchester United bring it forward and Gilberto concedes a free-kick. It's a straight swap - a right-back for a right-back. By the time I type "the officials award" instead of "Arsenal win", the aforementioned corner has been taken and Barthez is taking the goal-kick which the officials awarded him. Both players had their backs to referee Howard Webb, which would explain why he didn't see the foul. Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal (Hargreaves 70) A magnificent free-kick from Owen Hargreaves. Don't worry Andy, after all the abuse I took in the wake of the Real Madrid/Manchester United encounter, I will not make the mistake of criticising any sluggish play, unimaginative tactics or mistakes made by Manchester United players in my report tonight. 0. half time result. The streets of North London will soon be awash with the blood of Mancunians. Another Arsenal substitution: Theo Walcott off, Alex Song on. 74 mins: Sylvain Wiltord replaces Dennis Bergkamp. 7:46pm: Celebrity Manchester United fan Mick Hucknall walks into Highbury accompanied by a policeman. Manchester United Football Club. Ronaldo takes it and the ball is deflected out for a corner which Giggs takes and Diaby clears with his head after a fine leap. Playing next. 5 mins: Vieira plays a long ball up the left wing, which Bergkamp chases unsuccessfully. 25 mins: A quick word from my co-commentator Mohammed A(rsena)l-Sahef, Iraqi Information Minister: "That was not a brilliant goal. It's headed clear, but only as far as Lauren. Wes Brown Defender. Meanwhile back at the ball game, going by the "totting up procedure" (or is that just in horse racing?) The concensus over the sending off appears to be that while contact was definitely made between the Campbell elbow and the Solskjaer visage, the Norwegian may have made a meal of it. 43 mins: Ljungberg picks up the ball in midfield and is soon crowded off it by the sheer numbers of Manchester United players in close proximity. Arsenal are probing like the aliens who abducted Cartman on Southpark, but they're getting nowhere. 26 min: William Gallas gets the first yellow card of the day for a mis-timed lunge on Evra. Jedan je od najprestinijih portskih turnira u Europi, ali i u svijetu zajedno s junoamerikim Copa Libertadoresom. Send us your views, Toney or Wilson? The officials award Arsenal a corner. He thinks the Arsenal team is strong, all things considered, but is still confident etc and so on. The latest match statistics between Arsenal and Man Utd (2-1) ahead of their Premier League matchup on Nov 8, 2008, including games won and lost, goals scored and more . And just to show how unbiased we are, we're giving the floor to another Manchester United fan: "God what a plonker that bloke Andrew Fellows must be," writes Paul McGrory. 14 min: This is a belter of a game of football - it's difficult to know how the bloke in charge of the scoreboard hasn't been called into service yet. With everyone present expecting him to shoot from right to left across the face of goal he puts in a low cross to Rooney, whose poor finishing costs Manchester United a wonderful team goal. enquires Liam Donoghue, who would no doubt be complaining about me being too slow if I adhered to his strict guidelines. First published on Wed 16 Apr 2003 11.49BST. Arsenal win another corner. W L L W L. 29/04/2009 UEFA Champions League KO 20:45. Global Edition. World record: The first accusations of anti-Manchester United bias on my part arrived this afternoon in an e-mail timed at 16:29pm, a staggering three hours and 31 minutes before kick-off: "Good to see that the Guardian has continued in its one-eyed approach to all things Manchester United by appointing you, clever Barry, to do the honours on tonight's commentary," observes a paranoid Andrew Fellows, who makes no mention of how many miles outside of Manchester he was born. 81 mins: Solskjaer is put through by Keane, Campbell takes possession of the ball and the Norweigan goes down in a heap when Campbell appears to catch him with his elbow. Ouch! A superb Owen Hargreaves free kick sealed a 2-1 win for Manchester United. Pires takes it and it's cleared by Butt. Subs: Wiltord, Edu, Warmuz, Luzhny, Kanu, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every Samir Nasri got both goals. Not to mention Manchester United supporters." Arsenal win a corner which is cleared. Head to Head information (H2H). 90 mins: The whole match has descended into a big midfield mess. I've just seen a replay of the incident in which Almunia bashed his head off Carrick's shins as they contested a 50-50 ball. Hi Jamie's dad in Vancouver. Free-kick for Arsenal. Cue another smug look from Beckham. Arsenal went 2-1 up nine minutes before half-time when Henry held the ball up for the on-rushing Bergkamp, who rifled a low, angled drive through the legs of Carroll. The ball hit the back of Henry's legs, nutmegged Barthez and ended up nestling in the back of the net. They have. Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pen gives Gunners long-awaited win at big-six rival Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty gives Arsenal win at Old Trafford for first time in. 41 min: Another good chance for Arsenal goes begging, when - I think - Walcott snatches at a far-post volley and skies it over the bar. Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal (2008) And the level of confidence that Ronaldo was playing with couldn't have been more apparent than during United's 2-1 league win over Arsenal in April 2008. 2. This match is being played at 150mph and I don't mind admitting that it's really difficult to keep up. NEWS. It was also the first time they had conceded eight goals in a game since 1896, when they lost 8-0 to the now defunct Loughborough in the old Second Division . Danny Welbeck returned to Manchester United as Arsenal's match-winner as the FA Cup holders secured a place in this year's semi-finals at Wembley. Manchester United win a corner. Linesman: "Definitely.". 76 min: Arsenal substitution and it's a change of goalkeepers, no less. Diaby crosses for Walcott, but doesn't get enough purchase on the ball and United clear. Having got off to a very shaky start, it's Arsenal who are starting to take control - another cross, Van der Sar flaps and a defender hacks clear. I'm sorry Simon, but if I mention Chris Marshall, everyone will be after me to give their money-grubbing, braces-wearing, cocktail-drinking, skirt-chasing, big bonus-getting, Ferrari-driving, platinum credit card-waving poncey whizz-kid mates "the mention". Peep! Manchester United are tying nooses to the crossbar and preparing to take their own lives. Get a summary of the Manchester City vs. Arsenal football match. Europe (UEFA) - UEFA Champions League 2008/2009. 9 fixtures between Arsenal and Manchester United has ended in a draw. Season Date Home Score Away Competition; 2019/2020: Mon 30 Sep: Manchester United: 1 - 1: Arsenal: League: 2018/2019: Sun 10 Mar: Arsenal: 2 - 0: Manchester United: League Arsenal 2 Manchester United 1 Report Stats Table Teams More Nasri brace lifts Gunners By James Dall Saturday 8 November 2008 15:46, UK The Gunners rejoice Nasri's opener Samir. 34 min: On the inside left channel, Cristiano Ronaldo cons the referee after taking a dive to win a free-kick, then sends a fairly harmless effort squirting through the penalty area towards the near post, where Manuel ALmunia claims comfortably. 57 min: Rooney crosses the ball from the left, Mikael Silvestre heads clear. The ball is played back to Van der Sar, who rolls it towards Vidic and United build from the back. Pires goes off to be replaced by Kanu. The crowd are incensed, Samir Nasri is incensed, William Gallas is incensed and people with bets on there being more than two goals in this game are incensed. First published on Sat 8 Nov 2008 10.27GMT. The defeats against Middlesbrough and Sunderland were punctuated with the ongoing transfer saga concerning Dimitar Berbatov and Manchester United . The first came in the 22nd minute via a deflection, the second via superb Arsenal passing just after half time. Far be it from me to blast shrilly on my own whistle, but I predicted this win before the game. It's hoofed into the box and Manchester United clear. Arsenal: Taylor, Lauren, Cole, Keown, Campbell, Vieira, Gilberto, Ljungberg, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry. Our writers' verdict on England's World Cup squad, 'I had to choose one' - Hodgson couldn't pick Ferdinand with Terry at Euro 2012, Pick your England starting XI for World Cup 2022, Brilliant England thrash India to reach T20 World Cup final, Saliba, Konate and Giroud in France WC squad, Deschamps only picks 25. 8 mins: Manchester United waste the first good chance of the match when Paul Scholes flashes a header down and wide of Taylor's right-hand post. 49 mins: GOAL!!! Henry - who is at least two yards offside - picks it up on the edge of the box, takes a couple of strides and rolls . That's a huge win for an understrength Arsenal team and it catapults them right back into contention for the title. How about 'the officials award them a throw'?" Eh? Man United lacked standards of a top team when I arrived. One News Page. Man Utd fall short of Europa League top spot, Arsenal into last 16 Manchester United failed to usurp Real Sociedad at the top of Europa League Group E despite a 1-0 win in San Sebastian, as Arsenal did secure their place in the last 16 on Thursday.. "But even from this XI Sagna would easily make the Utd team.". From a Ryan Giggs corner, the ball is only half-cleared and drops nicely for Rafael. 45 mins: Arsenal kick-off. Again, I'm not being biased. Anyway, after receving treatment for about three minutes, he gets to his feet looking groggier than a barrel of booze on a pirate ship. StevenAGGER. This hatred is borne simply from the threat each posed to the other's supremacy. "For any other team, that's a nailed on booking.". Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro who is more commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo has one of the most impressive football player profiles. #AFC #football Expect Arsenal to play five across the middle, with Nicklas Bendtner playing as a lone striker. 90+5min: After picking up a glorious cross drilled low across the face of goal from Nasri, Bendtner ponderously gets the better of two United defenders before shanking a left-footed shot high over the bar from 12 yards with only Van Der Sar to beat. The booking for the Manchester United midfielder was harsh at best and ridiculous at worst. On the bench, David Beckham sports an "I wouldn't have done that" look. details . Manchester United: Barthez, Brown, O'Shea, Silvestre, Ferdinand, Keane, Solskjaer, Butt, Giggs, Scholes, Van Nistelrooy.Subs: Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Beckham, Ricardo, Fortune. All rights reserved. A give and go with Park allows the left-back to drill a low ball across the Arsenal penalty area, but there's nobody there to smash it home. Despite having gone a goal down, Manchester United don't look as if they've been rocked back on their heels. They take it short and Nasri crosses for Bendtner, who wins another corner. Arsene Wenger's arrival at Arsenal in 1996 transformed the Gunners into genuine contenders to United's dominance and their clashes took on renewed vigour because it was abundantly clear that both sets of players just didn't like one another. #PremierLeague 08 Nov 2022 10:33:59 Live . 2022 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Ronaldo chases it down, but with Manchester United players queuing up to get on the end of a cross at the far post, his poor cross fails to clear the front man. Arsenal clear. GOAL! Arsenal and Manchester United's rivalry is one very much founded in the modern ages and is exclusively based around the relative successes of the teams as they battled for the Premier League title around the turn of the millennium. Man Utd fall short of Europa League top spot, Arsenal into last 16 Manchester United failed to usurp Real Sociedad at the top of Europa League Group E despite a 1-0 win in San Sebastian, as Arsenal did secure their place in the last 16 on Thursday.. Compare form, standings position and many match statistics. So, proper football questions - is this how it's going to be? 2009-05-05 . Whilst United always looked a threat on the break, particularly through Rooney . Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every Read about Arsenal v Man Utd in the Premier League 2008/09 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. 50 min: Manchester United - more specifically Cristiano Ronaldo - blow a gilt-edged chance to pull a goal back. It didn't look too bad, but it didn't look too good either. 78 mins: Pires is floored by Nicky Butt on the left hand (out)side of the Manchester United box. On the 8th November 2008, Arsenal played at home against Manchester United. We saw how well that worked for them against Tottenham 10 days ago, but they'll hardly squander a two-goal lead with one minute left on the clock again will they? Theo Walcott, William Gallas, Mikael Silvestre and Bacary Sagna passed fitness tests to start for Arsenal at the Emirates this afternoon. 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