On Monday evening in the English Premier League, the last matches of the 7th round were played.
The highly anticipated match took place at Old Trafford stadium, where the home team Manchester United hosted guests from London, Arsenal. The "Red Devils" who scored first goal failed to hold their advantage and ended up drawing 1-1 with Arsenal.
Both teams were fighting for crucial points, but at the beginning of the match, it didn't seem like either of them was ready to take the initiative.
Throughout the first half, both teams looked quite dull - Man Utd tried to launch quick attacks, while Arsenal struggled to finish their positional attacks.
One of Man Utd's counter-attacks in the 45th minute resulted in a goal - Andreas Pereira crossed the ball to Marcus Rashford, who passed it to Scott McTominay, and he scored a fantastic goal to put the hosts in front.
In the second half, Arsenal took initiative and posed a threat to Man Utd's goal from the very first minutes.
The visitors failed to score a quick goal, but in the 58th minute, they finally found the net - Axel Tuanzebe passed the ball to Bukayo Saka, who saw Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang unmarked, and he scored directly into the goal.
Overall, the match was quite lively - in the 90th minute, M. Rashford had a real opportunity to secure victory, but his powerful shot was well saved by Bernd Leno.
For Arsenal, this was the third draw in their last five matches. The Gunners, with 12 points, currently occupy fourth place in the table.
Meanwhile, Man Utd has not yet crossed the double-digit point mark - they have 9 points and are in 10th position in the league table.
Result:
Man Utd 1 - 1 Arsenal
45' [1 - 0] S. McTominay
58' [1 - 1] P. Aubameyang
League table: [Not provided]
Starting line-ups:
Man Utd: De Gea; Tuanzebe, Lindelöf, Maguire, Young; McTominay, Andreas Pereira; Lingard, Pogba, James; Rashford.
Arsenal: Leno; Chambers, Sokratis, David Luiz, Kolasinac; Xhaka, Guendouzi, Torreira; Saka, Aubameyang, Pépé.
