Arsenal’s Unbeaten Record Continues at Old Trafford

DBasia.news – 20 unbeaten matches of all competitions, that’s the positive record of Arsenal after played draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford, Thursday (6/12) during the Premier League 15th-week with a 2-2 score.

Arsenal dropped to the 5th position with 31 points and Man United, who never won in four Premier League consecutive matches, are in the 8th position with 23 points. They had 8 points difference compared to Chelsea who are in the border of the Champions League zone.

Both Man United and Arsenal played the three-defenders formation in this match. The host played the 3-4-2-1 and Arsenal with 3-4-2-1 scheme.

Jose Mourinho changed the defensive line by sending Matteo Darmian, Diogo Dalot, Eric Bailly, and Marcos Rojo as the starters. In the attacking line, Man United prioritized the speed from Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, and Marcus Rashford.

Throughout the first 10 minutes with a slow performance, Man United dominated the ball and Arsenal did the pressing from the defensive phase.

Arsenal built the attack at 20′. From an unexpected situation, they could steal the goal at Old Trafford at 26′.

United goalkeeper, David de Gea, couldn’t counter the ball from Shkodran Mustafi’s heading. Even though Matteo Darmian swept it out, the referee decided that it was a goal by seeing the records. Arsenal won 1-0.

Arsenal kept the dominance for four minutes. Man United responded by Martial’s goal. The French bomber responded the ball from Ander Herrera after the rebound ball from Bernd Leno. The score was 1-1.

After that match, the performance was slow and no more goal until the break.

The intensity raised in the second half. Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alexandre Lacazette’s presence threatened United.

Arsenal won four minutes after Lacazette entered the pitch at 65′. He used the blunder from Rojo at 68′. Rojo tried to compensate it by doing a tackle, but it was too late.

Interestingly, Arsenal’s dominance just lasted for second because Man United equalized the score once again. The miscommunication between Sead Kolasinac and Leno was utilized by Lingard by scoring the goal to be 2-2.

Mourinho also sent of Romelu Lukaku, Marouane Fellaini, and Paul Pogba to change the situation. But, Arsenal were also dangerous when Aubameyang had two golden opportunities.

Luckily for Man United, De Gea played better in the second half and countered two golden opportunities from the Gabon striker. The score was still 2-2 until the four minutes additional time.

Squad Composition:

Manchester United (3-4-2-1): David De Gea; Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo (Marouane Fellaini 72’); Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, Matteo Darmian; Jesse Lingard (Paul Pogba 75’), Anthony Martial (Romelu Lukaku 63’); Marcus Rashford.

Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Bernd Leno; Rob Holding (Stephan Lichtsteiner 36’), Sokratis, Shkodran Mustafi; Hector Bellerin, Lucas Torreira, Matteo Guendouzi, Sead Kolasinac; Aaron Ramsey (Henrikh Mkhitaryan 46’), Alex Iwobi (Alexandre Lacazette 65’); Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.