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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League clash between Manchester United and Arsenal from Old Trafford.
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Arsenal are 4th on the log and Manchester United are 6th.
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Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, Valencia, Darmian, Rojo, Pogba, Carrick, Martial, Mata, Herrera, Rashford.
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Arsenal: Cech, Jenkinson, Monreal, Koscielny, Mustafi, Elneny, Walcott, Ozil, Ramsey, Coquelin, Sanchez.
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Manchester United have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League matches against Arsenal.
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Jose Mourinho has never lost a Premier League game against Arsenal, winning five and drawing six of his 11 previous meetings with the Gunners.
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Jose Mourinho has gone with Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford in attack, which means Wayne Rooney drops to the bench.
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Kick-off! First half begins.
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United are controlling the ball in the early stages of the game, Rashford getting his first touch on the ball.
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A foul by Herrera and Sanchez wins a free kick for Arsenal.
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Rashford does well to beat Monreal and looks to create some space for himself to pass the ball to Pogba but Jenkinson intercepts the ball and clears.
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Sanchez wins the ball from Pogba and shoots, but his Arsenal win a corner as De Gea deflects the effort over the crossbar.
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Sanchez looks a threat every time he gets on the ball, seemingly no sign of that hamstring complaint that made him a doubt before the game. But he makes a mess of the header resulting from the corner.
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A foul by Juan Mata and Monreal wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Walcott then steals in behind the United back-line and gets to the byline, but his cut-back is intercepted and the hosts clear. Good start from both teams, Manchester United have been slightly better than Arsenal so far.
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A chance for United! Brilliant from Pogba as he bursts into life, shrugs off Coquelin easily and fires a low cross into the Arsenal box. But there is no one in the box and Arsenal breathe a sigh of relief.
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YELLOW! Sanchez is the first man in Andre Marriner's notebook as the Chilean goes through the back of Herrera. A poor challenge from Sanchez.
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Marcus Rashford tries a through ball, but Paul Pogba is caught offside for United.
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Arsenal enjoy a good few minutes of possession and the ball eventually goes to Coquelin. He does well to control his volley but it's an awkward one and drifts wide of De Gea's goal.
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YELLOW! Darmian is the second man to be booked today, as he brings down Walcott to halt an Arsenal counter.
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After a frantic start, the game has settled down with Arsenal still trying to push forward through Sanchez.
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Another chance for United! Pogba finds the run of Mata with a lovely touch pass into the Arsenal box but Koscielny reads the danger and steps in front of the Spaniard.
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Andre Marriner has a chat with Darmian, who has already been booked today. Darmian should consider himself lucky as he brings Jenkinson down.
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Michael Carrick tries a through ball, but Juan Mata is caught offside.
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Valencia skips around Monreal in the Arsenal box and goes down under the challenge, with Monreal's arm blocking him off. Andre Marriner waves the appeal away and Mourinho is absolutely furious in the dugout.
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Pogba drives the ball towards Mata who has a shot on goal. Cech is down quickly to his left and tips it away for a corner.
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A couple of corners conceded by United, first by Cech and the second by Coquelin.
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Sanchez pushes the ball to Elneny and Mohamed Elneny's right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Anthony Martial's left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. United are dominating in the last few minutes. Good first half so far for both sides.
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One minute of added time to this half.
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Half time: Manchester United 0-0 Arsenal. A goalless first half at Old Trafford but both sides are playing well. After a frantic start to the game, both teams had phases of domination but neither side could score.
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Second half begins, no changes to either side during the break.
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The Gunners are on the front foot at the start of the second half. Mustafi and Koscielny come up from the back but it's taken short before De Gea easily claims Elneny's deep cross.
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A half-hearted appeal from Man Utd fans behind the goal as Rashord's shot comes back off an Arsenal body in the penalty area. Once again Andre Marriner is not interested. No penalty given!
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Herrera with the croos to Michael Carrick who shoots for goal but his shot from the outside of the box misses to the left.
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A couple of chances for Arsenal as Walcott and Sanchez link up to attack. United manage to clear the first attempt for a corner. Koscielny nearly makes contact with the delivery but Jones does very well to head away for another corner.
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Rooney is warming up, along with Ashley Young, down the sideline.
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Martial is replaced by Rooney, Martial has not had a good game today.
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A second United change in quick succession as the yellow-carded Darmian is taken off, with Blind on in his place.
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Marcus Rashford tries a through ball, but Wayne Rooney is caught offside.
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GOAL, MANCHESTER UNITED, MATA! 1-0: United score to break the deadlock. Pogba and Herrera link up to bring the ball towards the penalty spot and the ball falls to Mata. Mata is there and keeps his composure brilliantly to steer home, he is booked for his celebration.
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Olivier Giroud replaces Mohamed Elneny as Arsenal make another substitution.
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A foul by Aaron Ramsey and Mata wins a free kick for United.
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Another chance for Arsenal, Sanchez drifts in from the left and puts a teasing cross to the back post, but Giroud makes a near-post run and it's out for a goal kick.
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Theo Walcott is replaced by Granit Xhaka as Arsenal make another change.
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Just seven minutes remaining in the game and Arsenal have struggled to get a shot on goal. United have looked stronger than the visitors as the second half as progressed.
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Wenger makes the final change as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain comes on for Carl Jenkinson.
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YELLOW! Ramsey goes into the book for a high challenge on Pogba as Arsenal look frustrated.
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GOAL! ARSENAL, GIROUD! 1-1: Out of nowhere, Arsenal equalise. Giroud finds an opportunity and guides the header past De Gea for a goal, an important one for the visitors.
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Four minutes of added time to this half.
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YELLOW CARD! United pushing into the Arsenal half and they win a free-kick in a good position - Xhaka is booked for the infringement.
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FULL TIME: MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 ARSENAL. It is a tie at Old Trafford as Arsenal have managed to equalise. United will consider themselves unlucky as they have been the better team on the day.
Manchester United
Arsenal
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Goal Scorers
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68' Juan Mata
89' Olivier Gi...
3
Yellow Cards
3
25' Matteo Dar...
69' Juan Mata
90' Wayne Rooney
16' Alexis San...
86' Aaron Ramsey
90' Granit Xhaka
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Red Cards
0
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Squad
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David de Gea
Phil Jones
Marcos Rojo
Paul Pogba
Juan Mata
Anthony Mar...
Michael Car...
Marcus Rash...
Ander Herrera
Antonio Val...
Matteo Darmian
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4
5
6
8
11
16
19
21
25
36
6
7
8
11
14
18
20
25
33
34
35
Laurent Kos...
Alexis Sanchez
Aaron Ramsey
Mesut Ozil
Theo Walcott
Nacho Monreal
Shkodran Mu...
Carl Jenkinson
Petr Cech
Francis Coq...
Mohamed Elneny
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Reserves
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Memphis Depay
Jesse Lingard
Wayne Rooney
Ashley Young
Morgan Schn...
Sergio Romero
Daley Blind
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14
10
18
28
20
17
15
29
17
5
3
12
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Alex Oxlade...
Granit Xhaka
Alex Iwobi
Gabriel
Kieran Gibbs
Olivier Giroud
David Ospina
