Arsenal deal a blow Manchester UnitedHoping to reach the top 4 in the Premier League when Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granite Xhaka scored in Saturday’s 3-1 win, reviving the home team’s chances of next season’s Champions League.
Arsenal were rewarded for their explosive early pace as Tavares tapped the home side in the third minute behind the United keeper David de Gea Saka repelled a heart-stopping phase after a weak defense from the away team at the Emirates.
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Saka doubled the Gunners’ lead from the penalty spot after a foul on the winger in attack. Eddie Nketiah occurred but was ruled out ofside by the video assistant referee (VAR).
United’s slow performance overshadowed the fleeting moments they threatened and was another reminder of the challenge facing incoming manager Erik ten Hageven though the visitor gets a return like Cristiano Ronaldo Roll Nemanja Maticof the cross.
Ronaldo’s 100th Premier League goal comes after a week of personal trauma with the death of one of his newborn twins. To show support, Arsenal fans gave United’s No 7 a long round of applause at the seventh minute, as Liverpool fans did in their midweek game, which Liverpool won 4-0.
United improved in the second half, but their woes deepened as captain Bruno Fernandes A dangerous header from the penalty spot followed Tavares’ handball, before Xhaka’s 70th-minute thunderbolt sealed Arsenal’s victory.
That came after an excellent save by the Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale to push Diogo DalotThe player’s shot hit the post – the second time in the game the player hit the post, in a nasty day for United, who also had a shot from Ronaldo for offside.
The victory lifted Arsenal to fourth place with 60 points, three points above fifth place Tottenham Hotspurwho undertakes? Brentford later on Saturday. United are sixth, with caretaker manager Ralf Rangnick facing a tough task in his last four games.
