Jose Mourinho and
company delivered a fatal blow to the Gunners, aspirations, momentum and perfect
streak these had at home seen at times as unstoppable.
Despite the foe or
foe that came to play in what they saw as a house of horrors in the colossus of
Holloway, north London.
Emirates Stadium was
off limits for many squads until today’s match, when the Manchester United
bunch coming to this parts of London Town, came determined and ready to deliver
a fatal blow to the locals starting eleven.
Yes this is a group
effort but for the visiting United Boys two of its players capture all the
spotlight in keeper David De Gea and Jesse Lingard to seal an important win and
seen as a tune up for next week Manchester Derby.
These two taking the honors
and delivering in the clutch when needed, as de Gea became the hero of the match
after stopping a barrage of 33 shoots that came from the Gunners strikers
looking forward to capture the win.
Yes with that insurmountable
amount of shoots performed by the Gunners and dominating the match in its
entirety, one thing for sure, they will not hear the end of Wegner’s speech for
failing to seal this one.
As this match in its
early stages saw how it was going to turn on, as the visiting United Boys opened
the score with an early score from Antonio Valencia with just four minutes in
the clock and with assistance from Paul Pogba.
The Frenchman was a
vital piece in United attack and for his sheer stupidity, he will miss the
Derby with his red card over a foul against Hector Bellerin in the 74 minute,
pity as his presence was important for his squad win.
As the afternoon besides De Gea performing
wondrous saves and miraculous stops from a persistent and battling Arsenal counter
attack, both his defense and the Spaniard all around motivation were the factor
for his success.
For Manu winning this
match is one important step to their confidence ahead their match against an unstoppable
Man City squad not knowing the meaning of defeat for quite some time and this
away win shows off the improvements under the Portuguese at the helm.
In the case of Jesse
Lingard trying to make an all-around impression a favorable one for his
manager, his double could not come in a better time as his score in the 11 and
63 minutes assisted by Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial, were enough for him to
finish the deal.
In the tale of the
tape Arsenal has a clear edge over their guests with a notorious 75.1 % in possession
and control of the ball and other statistics, this game should been for the
locals but nothing is written as this match was won with absolute intelligence.
Nothing hidden here
as the Trafford Boys just had eight shoots four direct on target that three
goals scored in comparison to 33 as
mention earlier and just a goal scored, something difficult to swallow and visualize.
Especially in a team
with such firepower in Alexis Sanchez, Alexandre Lacazette, Mezut Ozil, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Aaron
Ramsey and Oliver Giroud that at the end little these did to contribute
offensively for their team.
At the end, the way
Mourinho is shaping this squad as one not to be dependent on just a single
player as their multimillion men Romelu Lukaku guarded in excess by the opposing
defenses, this opens the window for several of Manu players to shine.
The win puts United
in sole possession of second place with 35 points three ahead of Chelsea with
32 and 5 away from Liverpool as well with a match pending for the Sky Blues
they close in within five points.
Next week the
Manchester Derby and Manu has the elements to capture a positive result playing
as a local at Old Trafford, still the absence of Pogba will be notorious in
this match and for the Red Devils game.
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