🦁 Man Utd beat Arsenal in five-goal thriller; Tottenham beat Brentford | OneFootball

The midweek Premier League action continued with two cracking fixtures on Thursday night.

Here’s what went down.

Rangnick watches on as Man Utd come back to beat Arsenal

Scorers: Bruno Fernandes 44′, Ronaldo 51′, 70′ (P); Smith-Rowe 13′, Ødegaard 54′

Cristiano Ronaldo reached a historic goalscoring milestone as his two goals helped Manchester United come from behind to beat Arsenal.

The Gunners took the lead in bizarre circumstances when Emile Smith-Rowe put the ball in the net while United goalkeeper David de Gea was down injured after his own team-mate Fred had stood on his foot at a corner.

Referee Martin Atkinson initially blew his whistle to stop the game but after a VAR check, the goal was allowed to stand.

But Fred atoned for his role in the Arsenal goal when he jinked into the box and squared for Bruno Fernandes to score the equaliser for United just before half-time.

It was United who struck next, when Marcus Rashford’s cut-back was turned in by Cristiano Ronaldo to make it 2-1 with his 800th career goal.

Their lead lasted just a few minutes, however, with Martin Ødegaard soon equalising at the other end from Gabriel Martinelli’s cross.

But Ødegaard then went from hero to zero for Arsenal when he clumsily brought down Fred in the box and after a minor delay, United were awarded a penalty.

Ronaldo stepped up and blasted down the middle to make it 801 career goals, and 3-2.

United move up to 7th in the table, while Arsenal remain 5th.

From earlier …

Tottenham finally shake off Mura embarrassment

Scorers: Canos OG 12′, Son 65′

Tottenham made it back-to-back Premier League victories under Antonio Conte when they overcame Brentford in the earlier kick-off.

Spurs made a bright start and went in front after 12 minutes, when Heung-min Son’s cross into the box was diverted in by Brentford’s Sergi Canos for an own goal.

Into the second half and Son made it 2-0 when he tapped into an empty net after a great low delivery from out wide by Sergio Reguilón.

That result lifts the Lilywhites up to 6th, while Brentford remain 12th.