Manchester United 18-year-old striker Marcus Rashford
was the hero of the day as his two goals and an assist
was enough to hand Louis Van Gaal’s team a 3-2 win
over rivals Arsenal.
Making his premier league debut, Rashford scored two
goals in two minutes and forty five seconds before going
ahead to create a third for Herrera. Arsenal’s Man of the
match Ozil scored to reduced the deficit and assisted
Welbeck for an opening goal. But those strikes were not
enough to hand Arsenal a point.
There was a mild drama in 77th minute as Louis van Gaal
cameout of his seat to remonstrate with the fourth official
and deliberately falls over to make a point.
Read our live coverage of the game below:
Louis Van Gaal will be hoping to secure back-to-back
wins for the first time in a long while when Manchester
United welcome rival Arsenal to Old Trafford.
Van Gaal who has been facing the heat, led Manchester
United to next stage of the Europa league after a 5-1
whitewash over FC Midtjylland of Denmark.
However, he will be missing the services of Anthony
Martial and Wayne Rooney who are both nursing major
injuries that keeps them out of this game.
Arsenal on the other side will be hoping to secure
maximum points to continue the chase on Leicester city at
the top of the league.
Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal,
Coquelin, Ramsey, Walcott, Ozil, Alexis, Welbeck
Man Utd XI: Degea, Varela, Carrick, Blind, Rojo,
Schneiderlin, Herrera, Lingard, Mata, Memphis, Rashford
90+5: FT: Manchester United 3 – 2 Arsenal
90+4: SUB! Herrera OUT, Weir IN
90+2: Yellow card to Ozil for a foul on Varela, while
Januzaj is booked for a foul on Koscielny
90+1: Arsenal wins a freekick which Ozil takes but the
United defense stay strong and clear their lines.
88: Elneny fouls Lingard in a dangerous position.
Memphis takes the freekick but its deflected for a corner.
From the corner, Arsenal clear their lines. Five minutes of
added time to be played!
83: SUB! Iwobi IN, Welbeck OUT
80: SUB! Januzaj IN, Two goal hero Rashford OUT. This is
one game he’ll never forget in a long while!
78: CHANCE! Sanchez crosses to the far right and Giroud
leaps but can’t keep his header down.
75: Funny scenes in this game as Van Gaal goes to the
line to protest in the process throwing himself down on the
turf to express his disgust.
Drama as Louis van Gaal comes out of his seat to
remonstrate with the fourth official and deliberately falls
over to make a point in Man Utd Vs Arsenal game in Old
Trafford
74: SUB! Elneny is booked for a silly challenge on
Memphis. Then Herrera is cautioned for a tackle. The
game getting real tensed now.
72: Off the ball incident sees Ramsey and Herrera go into
the referee book simultaneously.
70: SUB! Coquelin IN, Elneny OUT
70: GOALLL!!!! Ozil volleys in from close range after Degea
does well to deny Welbeck. That’s his seventh goal of the
season!
68: CHANCE! Rashford and Memphis link up well but the
latter is denied a shooting chance as he was about to
strike.
66: MORE ON THE GOAL! Rashford turns goal provider as
he lays the ball into Herrera’s path and the Spaniard’s
fierce strike deflects off Koscielny.
65: GOALLLLL!!!!! Herrera scores off a deflection from
Koscielny. Rashford with the assist!
Herrera celebrates after scoring against Man Utd
62: SUB! Giroud IN, Walcott OUT
60: HALF CHANCE! Memphis cuts inside his marker and
strikes one but its straight at Cech who gathered at
second attempt. Thirty minutes left in this game. Giroud
warming up to come in for Arsenal!
55: SUB! Fosu-Mensah on for injured Rojo
52: Sanchez links up well with Ozil but his shot his
blocked. Arsenal doing everything to get an equalizer!
50: Ozil plays a dangerous ball to pick out Welbeck but
Rojo does well to clear the danger!
48: Rashford is back on after receiving treatments.
47: Rashford is down after a kick to his leg as he tried to
charge Koscielny but the Manchester united teenager
doesn’t look to hurt.
46: Manchester United gets the second half underway!
45+2: Referee blows the whistle for Half time break.
Manchester United going into the dressing room with the
lead. Very lively opening first half!
45: Ozil takes but its straight at the wall, it drops for
Sanchez who has his shot deflected for a corner. From the
corner, Ozil takes but its cleared, Arsenal players spotted a
handball and calling for a penalty but the ref waves play
on. Two minutes of added time to be played.
44: Arsenal has a freekick in a dangerous position. Ozil
and Sanchez standing over this!
40: GOALLLL!!!! Welbeck heads a beautiful Ozil
freekick beyond the despairing Degea. Lifeline for Arsenal
while Ozil gets his 18th assist of the season. He’s two shy
of the record now. The only player with more in a Premier
league campaign is Thierry Henry (20) in 2002-03.
Welbeck head home Arsenal’s first goal against Man Utd
38: Man Utd looking very lively after those goals as Mata
crosses a dangerous ball into the six yard box but Cech
does well to gather this time.
33: More on the goal! Marcus Rashford converted a right-
wing cross, this time heading Lingard’s ball beyond the
despairing Cech. Brilliant from the young lad! Rashford
scored two goals in two minutes and forty five seconds on
his premier league debut.
Arsenal’s teenager Marcus Rashford heads in his second
goal against Man Utd
32: GOALLLLL!!!! Marcus Rashford scores again. What a
debut he’s having in the premier league.
30: More on the goal: United’s right back delivers a
dangerous ball into the six yard box and the 18-year-old
was there to stab home pass Cech in goal for Arsenal.
Marcus Rashford celebrates after opening the scoring for
Man Utd against Arsenal
29: GOALLLL!!!! Manchester United teenager Rashford
scores from close range.
25: Welbeck tries to nutmeg his ex-teammate Carrick but
the Manchester United sticks a foot to deny the Arsenal
man. Brilliant from the United captain!
22: YELLOW CARD! Carrick goes into the Referee’s book
for a silly challenge on Welbeck.
20: Memphis does well to get into the byline but his cross
is too deep and runs out of play. He has been
disappointing since his big money move from PSV.
15: Manchester United 0 – 0 Arsenal. The away teams
have had the better possession in this game
13: CHANCE! Depay curls a beautiful freekick in a
dangerous position but its straight at Cech. That was
Manchester United’s first real chance in this game!
10: First yellow card of the game goes to Guillermo Varela.
The Reds’ right-back pulled down Alexis Sanchez.
7: BIG CHANCE! Welbeck plays a fine ball to Ozil who
picks out Monreal with a sublime pass but the Spaniards
is denied by his country man Degea with a point blank
save. Arsenal could have been 1-0 up there!
4: Sanchez plays a one-two with Ozil and tees up Welbeck
but Carrick sticks a foot to deny the Arsenal man as he
was about to pull the trigger.
1: Arsenal gets us underway. Welbeck flashes a snap shot
wide with the first action of the game. That came in 00.45
seconds on the clock. Bright start from the Gunners.