Arsenal vs Man United ended in an important 2-0 victory for Gunners. Mikel Arteta proved too strong for the newly appointed United boss Ruben Amorim.
Gunners have now won 4 straight matches and are undefeated in last 5 games. On the other hand, United have been defeated for the first time after 7 games. Amorim too experienced his first defeat as United boss.
Despite winning, Arsenal have fallen down one position due to goal difference. They find themself on third place below Chelsea in the Premier League points table. United are in the bottom half of the points table.
Arsenal scored both the goals from the corner kicks. This strategy is becoming a threat for all the opposition. In contrast, Arsenal’s set piece coach is getting a lot of credit and love from fans.
Thomas Partey and Declan Rice recorded assists whereas William Saliba and Jurrien Timber found the back of the net. David Raya kept another clean sheet by making 2 critical saves.
Arsenal vs Man United: Match Stats
It was a even competition with both clubs sharing 50% ball possession. But, United were not clinical and were far inferior than Arsenal in attack.
Firstly, Gunner had 14 total shots out of which 6 were on target. United were able to block 5 of their shots. The Red Devils had only 5 total shots out of which only 2 were on target. They lacked the conversion of possession into chances.
United did had more passes (476) and more accurate passes (412) than Gunners who had 463 passes and 403 accurate passes. But, Gunners had clear upper hand in long balls and accurate crosses. They also had 36 touches in United’s half. On the other hand, United had only 6 touches in Arsenal box which shows how well Gunners restricted them from attacking.
Arsenal made 11 tackles whereas United made 10 tackles. Other than this, Red Devils had upper hand in defence. The made 10 interceptions, 5 blocks and 24 clearances. Gunners made 3 interceptions, 8 clearances and were unable to register any block.
Lastly, it was once again an even competition when it came to winning duels. Red Devils won more ground duels whereas Gunners won more ariel duels. All of the stats are as per FOTMOB.
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Arsenal will now face Fulham and hope to win that game with huge goal difference. It will be an away fixture but Gunners will still enter the match as favourites. On the other hand, United fans will not go harsh at Amorim just yet. They will understand how big game it was for a new manager, and hence will stick behind him and hope that the Portugese hits back against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
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