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Manchester United vs Arsenal live updates: Visitors hold on for 1-0 win after Trossard goal
Arsenal have returned to the top of the Premier League table following a nervy 1-0 win at Old Trafford
Max Mathews
May 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM GMT+1
Manchester United vs Arsenal live updates: Visitors hold on for 1-0 win after Trossard goal
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Michael Dominski
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Result: Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal
Leandro Trossard scored a simple tap-in in the 20th minute for the game’s only goal.
Arsenal have returned to the top of the Premier League, one point ahead of Manchester City, ahead of City’s game away against Tottenham on Tuesday.
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2m ago
Max Mathews
Live Reporter
What are Man United’s chances of European qualification?
Manchester United have a slim chance of qualifying for European football next season.
But how do things stand for them, Chelsea and Newcastle after the weekend’s results?
Check out Ed Mackey’s explainer below for all you need to know.
Explaining Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle’s chances of European qualification
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Explaining Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle’s chances of European qualification
5m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Arteta: We started really well but the goal negatively affected us
Arteta: We started really well but the goal negatively affected us
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Arteta was very honest in his post-match interview after being asked whether it can be overestimated how hard it is to win at Old Trafford.
“Absolutely not,” he responded to Sky Sports. “We know the difficulty of it and that’s why we have only won twice in 20 years here.
“We started the game really well, scored the goal and that affected us in a negative way. We played too safe, backwards and we weren’t aggressive in our play to create the threat that we wanted. We gave a lot of balls away because of that and the game became open.
“But, on the other hand, we defended so well. We didn’t concede much at all and that’s what brought us the result.”
7m ago
Michael Dominski
Live Reporter
Instant reaction to Arsenal’s nervy win
Arsenal’s win has guaranteed that the title race will go to the final day of the season.
Manchester United, meanwhile, are three points behind Chelsea with two games remaining in the race for the final European spot.
The Athletic’s Carl Anka, James McNicholas and Liam Tharme have broken down the key talking points from this game, check out their analysis at the link below!
Manchester United 0 Arsenal 1: Title race still alive, Trossard key again, Casemiro blunder
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Manchester United 0 Arsenal 1: Title race still alive, Trossard key again, Casemiro blunder
10m ago
Max Mathews
Live Reporter
William Saliba’s pass map
William Saliba’s pass map
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Here’s a map of where Arsenal defender William Saliba made his passes against Manchester United today.
Average pass length: 15.6 yards.
Pass completion: 90%.
Such a classy performance.
12m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Havertz: ‘I’m going to be the biggest Tottenham fan ever’
And Havertz finished his interview with a sentence I’m not sure he would’ve imagined saying out loud at the start of the season.
He said: “I’m going to be the biggest fan of Tottenham ever! We are all going to be. Let’s hope for the best.”
For anyone unaware, that is because Tottenham host Arsenal’s title rivals Manchester City on Tuesday.
14m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Arsenal unbeaten against the ‘Big Six’ this season
With only Everton at home left on their 2023-24 schedule, Arsenal will finish this season unbeaten against their five ‘Big Six’ rivals.
Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United
Arsenal 2-2 Tottenham
Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea
Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal
Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal
16m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
It is nice to be in the title race, says Havertz
It is nice to be in the title race, says Havertz
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While some players in the Arsenal team will remember last season’s title race, Havertz has no experience of one in the Premier League.
“It feels nice to go on every game,” he said. “We have to win every single game because City are always keeping the pressure (on us) as well.
“It’s so nice to be in that race, every week you have to play at your best and win games, so it feels better when you do it. One game to go for us.
“We need everyone next week, the fans, the whole club behind us. Everything is possible.”
18m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Trossard: ‘We only had one chance and it went in’
Trossard: ‘We only had one chance and it went in’
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Trossard was equally honest in his appraisal of his side’s performance at Old Trafford.
“We had only one chance today and it went in,” he told Sky Sports. “Maybe it wasn’t the prettiest one but we stuck together, we defended well and it was a good win for us. We did what we had to do.
“We were looking for the second goal and we knew it was going to be a tough second half if it didn’t come, especially here with the atmosphere. They’re still a good team and they can hurt you in different ways.
“Credit to the boys, we defended very well and it’s a good win.”
20m ago
Michael Dominski
Live Reporter
Two clubs headed in opposite directions
This was Arsenal’s 27th win in the Premier League this season.
Only twice have they won more games in a league season: 29 victories in 1970-71 and 28 in 1930-31.
Meanwhile, Manchester United have now lost 19 games in all competitions this season. That’s their most defeats since the 1978-79 season.
21m ago
Max Mathews
Live Reporter
Downpour at Old Trafford
Downpour at Old Trafford
This is the view of The Athletic’s David Ornstein at Old Trafford.
It is really tipping it down there now.
Pathetic fallacy klaxon.
MUFC will introduce water hazards to slow opponents down and stop a tenth home defeat. Marginal gains. pic.twitter.com/lJGBBIJvVm
— Andy Mitten (@AndyMitten) May 12, 2024
21m ago
Michael Dominski
Live Reporter
Arsenal’s defence best in class
Arsenal’s defence best in class
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Arsenal have now kept a clean sheet in seven of their last eight Premier League away games.
Across the whole season, their total of 11 away clean sheets is the second most in PL history, behind only Chelsea’s 12 in 2008-09.
24m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Havertz: Not our best game but very happy with three points
Havertz: Not our best game but very happy with three points
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Wins are the most precious commodity in a title race and they are all that matters when all is said and done, something Kai Havertz was keen to stress after the game.
“A very important (win). To play here is always tough, we know that,” he told Sky Sports.
“We prepared for the game very well, it wasn’t our best game but we needed the three points and that’s what we got, so we can be very happy with that.”
26m ago
Michael Dominski
Live Reporter
Remaining fixtures in the title race
Arsenal’s remaining game: Everton at home next Sunday.
Man City’s remaining games: Tottenham away on Tuesday, West Ham at home next Sunday.
28m ago
Michael Bailey
Live Reporter
Full-time stats zone – breaking the numbers down
A pretty compelling watch, that. It was hard to ever totally discount a United equaliser, and yet Arsenal will be hugely satisfied with their afternoon’s work. Here are the numbers…
FT: Manchester Utd 0-1 Arsenal
Possession: 54% – 46%
Shots: 14 – 11
On target: 2 – 5
XG: 0.64 – 1.41
Big chances: 0 – 1
Successful duels: 52 – 50
Possession lost: 129 – 119
United caused concern at certain points, but Arsenal’s quality of chances meant it felt like there was always plenty in the tank if they needed it.
29m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Full-time stats pack
Full-time stats pack
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An interesting stats pack to enjoy at full time.
United had more possession and more shots, but didn’t have the quality to make it count.
Arsenal, meanwhile, were not at their best but did what every top team does at this stage of the season.
Will that be enough, though?
30m ago
Michael Dominski
Live Reporter
Arsenal fully on top of Man Utd now
Arsenal have now won three straight Premier League games against Manchester United for the first time since 1998.
This is also just the fourth time they’ve done the league double over them in the PL era, after 1997-98, 2001-02 and 2006-07.
Finally, this is just Arsenal’s second PL win at Old Trafford in their past 17 games there.
32m ago
Duncan Alexander
Narrow victors, again
All five of Arsenal’s PL wins at Old Trafford have been 1-0.
Nervy.
33m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Everything but the all-important end product from Garnacho
Everything but the all-important end product from Garnacho
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That was a brilliant performance from Garnacho. Well, it was until he got near the penalty area.
He had White and Odegaard chasing shadows more than once as he tore away down United’s left wing but they could always be safe in the thought that he would be wasteful in possession.
And he was.
The 19-year-old was the only threat for United in that second half and, in stoppage time, he was the only one that was taking a player on. Unfortunately, though, his end product was really poor and let Arsenal off the hook far too many times.
34m ago
Ed Mackey
Live Reporter
Player of the match: William Saliba
Player of the match: William Saliba
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There are a number of ways to quantify exactly how transformative William Saliba has been for Arsenal since coming into the squad at the beginning of last season.
Looking at clean sheets and goals conceded will work. But the best illustration of his impact is Arsenal’s position in the table.
Had Saliba stayed fit for last season’s run in, Arteta could quite easily be a Premier League-winning manager already. And thanks to the Frenchman (among others), he may become one this time next week.
Another colossal defensive performance from the 23-year-old has earned him today’s Player of the Match award.
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