Before the away match at Emirates Stadium, the Red Devils were unbeaten after 3 consecutive matches with 2 wins and 1 draw, Coach Amorim’s team played well in both defense and attack. The Portuguese strategist helped many previously disappointing players such as Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Hojlund, Joshua Zirkzee improve their performance.

However, the “honeymoon” soon ended for the Red Devils of Manchester when they faced Arsenal. The Gunners were “thirsty for points” to maintain their hopes in the championship race with Liverpool.

After a series of injury crises, coach Mikel Arteta’s team is gradually regaining form and in today’s match, the Gunners showed that they were superior in every aspect compared to the away team.

The stats show that, although Arsenal did not have too much ball control (51% compared to 49% of the away team), the Gunners had nearly 3 times more shots than their opponents (14 compared to 5 of MU). The number of times Arsenal players shot on target was also 3 times higher than MU.

Right from the 4th minute, the Red Devils’ net shook after Martinelli’s shot, unfortunately the goal was not recognized due to offside.

In the following period, Arsenal continued to besiege MU’s goal, forcing the visitors to defend quite hard.

The rare opportunity that the Red Devils could create for Arsenal was a cross-angle shot that went just past the post by defender Dalot in the 43rd minute.

Arsenal continued to dominate the game after the break, and what had to happen happened. In the 54th minute, from a cross by Declan Rice, defender Timber headed the ball back dangerously, defeating Onana to open the score for Arsenal.