Arsenal defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford to keep Premier League race alive
Arsenal won a narrow 1-0 victory over manchester united on Sunday to keep the fight for the Premier League alive.
How are things, Mikel Arteta's team have one more point than Manchester City, but that could change soon as Pep Guardiola's team will face Tottenham on Tuesday.
After that the last day will be played. Arsenal-Everton and City-West Ham. Arsenal would benefit from a draw between City and Tottenham as they currently have a +3 overall goal difference. Pep's team. In the event that both teams end up tied on points, goal difference would decide things.
Manchester United went into the game with 10 important absences: Malacia, Maguire, Lindelof, Varane, Shaw, Lisandro, Bruno Fernandes, Martial, Rashford and Mount. But at least they had one historical fact in their favor: Arsenal had only won one of their last 16 visits to Olf Trafford.
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The match started with local dominance, although it faded quite quickly, especially after the goal of Trossard, The most influential substitute on the team this year.
Trossard, the one who makes the difference
He is having a great second half of the season, despite the fact that Old Trafford was his first start in the Premier League.
From then on Arsenal took control, although Grenache, on the other hand, tried his best to respond, but without much success. But at least the Argentine was one of the few players who gave Arsenal problems.
In the second half, United continued to fight, which is impressive considering the players on the field, with central defenders like Casemiro (out of position) and veteran Jonny Evans.Grenache continued to press, but Arsenal, with an imperial Salibamaintained the result.
It was not Arsenal's best performance, although they did not suffer too much. They were not fresh in attack and conceded too many transitions in defense, although they did not really have many clear chances against them.
United, for their part, are now in eighth position, with fewer options for Europe (they have two games left), unless they win the FA Cup against City at Wembley.
