Arsenal vs Manchester United LIVE: Jurrien Timber and William Saliba give Gunners win at Emirates Stadium
Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd: Mikel Arteta’s side close the gap on Liverpool with a confident win over the Red Devils
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal reduced Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with a crucial 2-0 win against Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium. After Fabian Schar’s late equaliser denied Liverpool victory at St James’ Park, Mikel Arteta’s men were offered the chance to inch closer to the summit.
And the Gunners did not disappoint with Jurrien Timber and William Saliba both scoring from corners in the second half to provide the hosts with a win that kept their title hopes alive.
That provided better stability to United’s back line and frustrated the Gunners who created very little from open play. Instead, their threat came from set pieces and corners in particular. The breakthrough came in the second half as Declan Rice found Timber at the near post where a glancing header beat Andre Onana to put the hosts ahead.
A second corner brought the second goal. Bukayo Saka curled this delivery to the back post where Thomas Partey nodded the ball into the back of Saliba to double Arsenal’s lead. Amorim attempted to changed the flow of the game and swiftly introduced substitutes but the damage was done.
Relive the action from the Emirates Stadium with our live blog below:
Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd
7 mins: Zinchenko looks to seek out Martinelli on the left wing and lifts a ball over the top. Diogo Dalot tracks back and touches the ball behind for a corner.
The Gunners get themselves set as Declan Rice swings a cross into the box. Thomas Partey throws his head at the ball but it strikes his shoulder and bounces wide.
Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd
4 mins: Disallowed! Arsenal have the ball in the back of the net after a clearance from Andre Onana comes straight to Oleksandr Zinchenko.
He laces it into the box where Kai Havertz dabs the ball down to Gabriel Martinelli who smokes it home. Havertz knows immediately that he’s offside and isn’t surprised when the flag gets raised.
Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd
3 mins: The Arsenal fans are in full voice already. There’s a feeling that they are the better side and recent history would back that up especially at this ground.
The Gunners win possession and look to control play in the middle of the pitch. United seem solid in their formation for now.
Kick off! Arsenal 0-0 Man Utd
Rasmus Hojlund kicks off the match and taps the ball to Mason Mount who sends it back to Harry Maguire. They eventually go all the way back to Andre Onana who feeds Noussair Mazraoui.
The defender is preesed immediately by Bukayo Saka and has to belt the ball forward to clear the danger.
Arsenal vs Man Utd team changes
Mikel Arteta makes four changes to the Arsenal team that lined up against West Ham. In defence Gabriel and Riccardo Calafiori drop out with Jakub Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko coming in. Jorginho and Leandro Trossard are alos excluded with Gabriel Martinelli and Thomas Partey favoured.
Ruben Amorim makes six changes to his Man Utd line-up with the big news being Harry Maguire starts for the first time under the new boss. He takes up the left centre-back role which Lisandro Martinez vacates. Amad Diallo, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford, Joshua Zirkzee and Casemiro are the other casualties.
In their place come Mason Mount, Tyrell Malacia, Manuel Ugarte, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund.
Arsenal vs Man Utd line-ups
Arsenal XI: Raya: Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Zinchenko; Rice, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Havertz
Man Utd XI: Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire; Dalot, Mount, Ugarte, Malacia; Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund
Arteta vs Man Utd
Mikel Arteta has won six of his nine Premier League games against Manchester United. Of all managers to face them at least five times in the competition, he has the highest win rate (67%).
Arsenal vs Man Utd
Manchester United’s four most recent competitive wins in this fixture were under different managers: Jose Mourinho (April 2018), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (January 2019), Michael Carrick (December 2021) and Erik ten Hag (September 2022).
Will Ruben Amorim be the fifth?
Good evening!
Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Premier League action as Arsenal host Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners come into the match sitting second in the table but they are nine points behind league leaders Liverpool and cannot afford to drop points in their pursuit of the title.
Man Utd meanwhile have moved up to ninth place since Ruben Amorim took charge thanks to a 1-1 draw with Ipswich and a 4-0 hammering of Everton. Amorim is aware that there are tough games ahead for his team, with this being one of them, but should they come through with a win then confidence will grow that they can challenge for the Champions League spots.
We’ll have all the team news, line-ups and updates throughout the evening so stick with us as we build up to kick off at 8.15pm.
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