Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United: Jurrien Timber and William Saliba on target as Gunners cut gap to Liverpool

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·4 December 2024

Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United: Jurrien Timber and William Saliba on target as Gunners cut gap to Liverpool

Gunners within seven points of Liverpool as set-piece dominance proves the difference

William Saliba’s second-half goal put Arsenal in control

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Arsenal ended Ruben Amorim’s unbeaten run as Manchester United boss and cut the gap to Liverpool to seven points at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners were frustrated in the first-half, as United sat solid in their shape and slowed things down, but there was a sign of things to come when Thomas Partey somehow headed wide from a corner when free only a few yards out.

Set-pieces once again proved to be the difference for the Gunners. They took the lead ten minutes after the restart when Declan Rice whipped the corner to the near post and Jurrien Timber flicked a header past Andre Onana for his first Arsenal goal.

David Raya made a superb save to deny Matthijs de Ligt before the Gunners double their advantage in familiar fashion. Saka’s corner was swung to the back post, Partey nodded it back across the face of goal and the ball bounced off William Saliba, who knew very little about it, and in.

United were fortunate not to conceded a third from a corner shortly after, when Mikel Merino was left unmarked and he nodded just wide of the far post.

That did not prove a costly miss, as Arsenal cruised to the final whistle, ensuring they took advantage of Liverpool being held to a draw by Newcastle earlier in the night.

Amorim, meanwhile, tasted defeat in what was his first real test as United boss, a result that leaves them 11th in the table.

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