On Wednesday evening, intriguing English Premier League 21st round matches were played at the Emirates Stadium.
London's Arsenal clashed weapons with Manchester United. In the first half, the "Gunners" dominated and confidently defeated their opponents from Manchester, putting an end to a streak of winless matches at home that had been ongoing since October.
The last time Arsenal triumphed in the country's league, playing in front of their own fans, was on October 6th, when they defeated West Ham. Additionally, this was Mikel Arteta's first victory as a coach.
The hosts took the initiative from the start of the match. Arsenal initially gifted the ball several times in the midfield to the Man Utd players, but escaped unpunished.
In the 8th minute, Arsenal took the lead with Nicolas Pepe scoring - Sead Kolasinac penetrated the penalty area, passed through the defenders and left Pepe free to accurately strike the ball into the opponent's net.
Arsenal continued their dominance and after the first goal, both Lucas Torreira and Alexandre Lacazette could have scored, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 38th minute, N. Pepe was close to his second goal, but was denied by the Man Utd goalkeeper.
However, in the 42nd minute, the "Gunners" managed to solidify their advantage as defender Sokratis scored after a corner kick.
In the second half, Man Utd tried to get back into the game, but Arsenal's defense proved resilient and withstood the pressure from the opponents to secure a crucial victory.
Arsenal climbed to the 10th position after a successful performance - they are only four points behind the 5th placed Man Utd.
Result: Arsenal 2 - 0 Man Utd 8' [1 - 0] N. Pepe 42' [2 - 0] Sokratis
Starting line-ups: Arsenal: Leno; Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac; Torreira, Xhaka; Ozil, Pepe, Lacazette; Aubameyang. Man Utd: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Fred, Matic; James, Lingard, Rashford, Martial.
