Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 January 2007

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 21 January 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 January 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (83') and Thierry Henry (90+3'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (52').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 42 points from 23 and Manchester United 1st on 57 points from 23. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Manchester United 1st with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 18'Yellow card · Ryan GiggsManchester United
  • 27'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 52'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 83'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 90+3'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 4, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Philippe Senderos, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor, Thierry Henry

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville