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United goalkeeper David de Gea was down injured when Arsenal struck their opening goalCristiano Ronaldo made it 801 career goals as Manchester United beat Arsenal in a brilliant see-saw game that had controversy and crucial VAR decisions.
Emile Smith Rowe fired in the opener with goalkeeper David de Gea down injured after Fred trod on his heel, with VAR awarding the goal.
Bruno Fernandes and Ronaldo turned the game United's way.
Martin Odegaard restored parity but Ronaldo struck a penalty winner after a VAR check for a foul on Fred.
In scoring his two goals, 36-year-old Ronaldo became the first player in history to reach 800 goals in competitive games for club and country, doing so in 1,097 matches.
The drama was watched by Ralf Rangnick, who replaces Michael Carrick as interim United boss after this game.
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Manchester United
Squad number1Player namede Gea
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Dalot
Squad number2Player nameLindelöf
Squad number5Player nameMaguire- Squad number27Player nameAlex Telles
Squad number39Player nameMcTominay
Squad number17Player nameFred
Squad number10Player nameRashford- Squad number18Player nameBruno Fernandes
- Squad number25Player nameSancho
- Squad number7Player nameCristiano Ronaldo
Squad number9Player nameMartial
Squad number14Player nameLingard- Squad number34Player namevan de Beek
Arsenal
- Squad number32Player nameRamsdale
- Squad number18Player nameTomiyasu
- Squad number4Player nameWhite
- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number20Player nameNuno Tavares
- Squad number35Player nameGabriel Martinelli
- Squad number5Player namePartey
Squad number25Player nameMohamed Elneny- Squad number10Player nameSmith Rowe
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
Squad number14Player nameAubameyang
- Squad number7Player nameSaka
Squad number9Player nameLacazette- Squad number30Player nameNketiah
Line-ups
Man Utd
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1de Gea
- 20Dalot
- 2Lindelöf
- 5Maguire
- 27Telles
- 39McTominayBooked at 45mins
- 17Fred
- 10RashfordSubstituted forLingardat 79'minutes
- 18Bruno FernandesSubstituted forvan de Beekat 90'minutes
- 25Sancho
- 7Cristiano RonaldoSubstituted forMartialat 88'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Bailly
- 4Jones
- 8Mata
- 9Martial
- 11Greenwood
- 14Lingard
- 16Diallo
- 26Henderson
- 34van de Beek
Arsenal
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 32Ramsdale
- 18Tomiyasu
- 4White
- 6Gabriel
- 20Tavares
- 35Martinelli
- 5Partey
- 25Elneny
- 10Smith RoweSubstituted forSakaat 70'minutes
- 8ØdegaardSubstituted forNketiahat 79'minutes
- 14AubameyangSubstituted forLacazetteat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Tierney
- 7Saka
- 9Lacazette
- 15Maitland-Niles
- 16Holding
- 19Pépé
- 23Sambi Lokonga
- 30Nketiah
- 33Okonkwo
Referee:Martin Atkinson
Attendance:73,123
Live Text
Match ends, Manchester United 3, Arsenal 2.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 3, Arsenal 2.
Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester United. Donny van de Beek replaces Bruno Fernandes.
Foul by Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal).
Scott McTominay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Fred.
Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
Attempt saved. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Telles.
Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United).
Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Martin Ødegaard.
Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Marcus Rashford.
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