Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 2 December 2021
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Thursday 2 December 2021, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 3-2 Arsenal: match report
Manchester United defeated Arsenal 3-2 in the Premier League on Thursday 2 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Emile Smith Rowe opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (44'), Cristiano Ronaldo (52') and Cristiano Ronaldo (70', penalty). Arsenal scored through Emile Smith Rowe (13') and Martin Ødegaard (54').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 10th on 18 points from 13 and Arsenal 5th on 23 points from 13. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Arsenal 5th with 69.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United (8.4), ahead of Bruno Fernandes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Emile Smith Rowe
- 44'Goal · Bruno Fernandes
- 45+1'Yellow card · Scott McTominay
- 52'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 54'Goal · Martin Ødegaard
- 70'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Scott McTominay, Fred, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho, Cristiano Ronaldo
Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Nuno Tavares, Gabriel Martinelli, Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny, Emile Smith Rowe, Martin Ødegaard, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang