At 14:30 Lithuanian time, the first match of the 12th round of the English "Premier" League took place.
At "Old Trafford" stadium, two well-known opponents - "Manchester United" against London's "Arsenal" - faced each other. The "Red Devils" were more active throughout the match, but conceded a goal at the end of the match and had to settle for a draw.
From the very first minutes of the match, "Man Utd" played aggressively. Later, the "Gunners" started to control the ball more, but failed to create any serious chances.
Both teams tried to attack, but goalkeepers didn't have much work in the first 30 minutes. The first serious chance came in the 36th minute, when Juan Mata tested Petr Cech's alertness after a pass from Paul Pogba.
In the second half, "Man Utd" continued to play aggressively, while "Arsenal" struggled in their attack. Eventually, in the 68th minute, the hosts scored the first goal - Juan Mata redirected the ball into the opponents' goal after a perfect pass from Ander Herrera.
After conceding the goal, the "Arsenal" team failed to take the initiative back and the Manchester eleven continued to actively attack. However, in the 89th minute, "Man Utd" were punished - Olivier Giroud headed the ball into David De Gea's goal after a pass from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Neither team was able to create any more serious chances in the remaining time and the match ended in a draw.
Arsenal" is in third place with 25 points after the draw, while "Man Utd" can now be 10 points behind the leaders after this round.
Result:
"Man Utd" 1 - 1 "Arsenal" 68' [1 - 0] J. Mata 89' [1 - 1] O. Giroud
League table:
Starting line-ups:
"Man Utd": De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Darmian, Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Pogba, Martial, Rashford.
Substitutes: Romero, Blind, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Young, Depay, Rooney.
"Arsenal": Cech, Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Elneny, Ramsey, Ozil, Walcott, Alexis.
Substitutes: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Xhaka, Chamberlain, Iwobi, Giroud.
