Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 January 2012
Result
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 22 January 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Arsenal lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
Antonio Valencia opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Robin van Persie (71'). Manchester United scored through Antonio Valencia (45+2') and Danny Welbeck (81').
Discipline: Arsenal received 5 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 36 points from 21 and Manchester United 2nd on 48 points from 21. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 89.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 7 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Manchester United's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
- 44'Yellow card · Rafael
- 45+2'Goal · Antonio Valencia
- 71'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 73'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 81'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 86'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 86'Yellow card · Tomáš Rosický
- 90'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 90+6'Yellow card · A. Song
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Thomas Vermaelen
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck