Arsenal 2-4 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2005

Result

Arsenal 2-4 Manchester United

Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Arsenal 2-4 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal lost to Manchester United 2-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 February 2005. The half-time score was 2-1.

Patrick Vieira opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Patrick Vieira (8') and Dennis Bergkamp (36'). Manchester United scored through Joshua Andrew Harrop (18'), Cristiano Ronaldo (54'), Cristiano Ronaldo (58') and John O'Shea (89').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 51 points from 24 and Manchester United 3rd on 50 points from 24. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-D-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Patrick VieiraArsenal · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Iván Gabriel HeinzeManchester United
  • 15'Yellow card · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United
  • 18'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Robert PirèsArsenal
  • 36'Goal · Dennis BergkampArsenal · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United
  • 54'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-2
  • 58'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-3
  • 59'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 69'Red card · Mikaël SilvestreManchester United
  • 89'Goal · John O'SheaManchester United · 2-4
  • 90'Yellow card · José Antonio ReyesArsenal

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 3, Manchester United 3.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy