At 19:30 Beijing time on April 23, a match in the 34th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Arsenal faced Manchester United at home. Manchester United have had a poor record this season, with all the major cup matches out and only the league to play. In the league, Manchester United's ranking is also not satisfactory, falling into the scramble for the four majors. Although Arsenal are not as valuable as Manchester United in total, their results are not worse than Manchester United. When the two sides met in the first leg, United narrowly won at home. Now in another meeting, Arsenal have home advantage and are eager to avenge Manchester United, resulting in Arsenal winning 3-1.
Arsenal lined up in a 4231 formation for this game. Ramsdale served as the starting goalkeeper. Cedric Suarez, Ben White, Gabriel and Tavares are paired at 4 backs. Ernenni and Xhaka form a double back. Saka, Odegaard and Smith-Royce joined forces. Nketiah is at the top. Manchester United are in a 4231 formation, with the attacking combination of Ronaldo, Sancho, Bruno Fernandez and Erlanga starting out.
Arsenal started off very well, scoring in the 2nd minute when Tavares broke through the goal guarded by De Gea with a shot from the back.) This goal de Gea was very helpless, after all, he had already made an extreme save, and there was no way to be made up. United fought back fiercely after conceding the ball, but neither Erlanga nor B Fei seized the perfect opportunity. Dalot's shot was blocked by the goal frame. Arsenal played at their own pace, steadily controlling the ball and launching an attack, and opportunities kept coming.
Nketiah scored but was ruled offside, while Arsenal also had good news and a penalty. Saka scored a penalty. United are two goals behind. At the crucial moment, Ronaldo grabbed the point to break the goal and pulled a goal back for Manchester United. This gave the game suspense again. At half-time, Arsenal led Manchester United 2-1. Arsenal had 62% possession in the first half, scoring 2 goals with 11 shots on target and 6 shots on target. United also had 11 shots on goal, but only 3 shots on target and scored 1 goal.
The second half was easy to fight again. Tavarez gave United a penalty. But it was not C Ronaldo who took the penalty, but B Fee, and B Fee actually lost it, missing the best opportunity to equalize. Penalties were lost, and it can be said that B Fee is the number one sinner of Manchester United's loss. Although C Ronaldo scored another goal after that, it was a pity that he was offside. Dalot's powerful shot was blocked by the upright. United missed a succession of opportunities to equalize and were punished harshly.
Xhaka hit a beautiful world wave. The goal destroyed the morale of United's players. C Luo hung his head in frustration. The final score was set at 3-1, and Arsenal beat Manchester United to take all three points. Arsenal beat Chelsea and Manchester United in a row to win two straight. United suffered two consecutive defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal. The game quickly worsened United's prospects for a four-place race, and it was too difficult to reach the Champions League zone.