The great battle in round 37 of the Premier League between MU and Arsenal ended with a 1-0 victory in favor of the away team. The Gunners reclaimed the top spot from Manchester City just one day after losing it.

MU vs Arsenal goal

Arsenal: Trossard (20′)

Arsenal entered the match at Old Trafford with enormous pressure, as Manchester City had just defeated Fulham 4-0 in Saturday’s match. The Gunners are 2 points behind the Green Man and need to defeat the Red Devils to reclaim the top spot.

Right from the first minutes, Arsenal pushed the team up high and created a series of dangerous opportunities. However, after being unable to preemptively attack, the Gunners proactively slowed down and ceded control of the ball to the home team.

At one point, MU controlled the ball up to more than 80%. However, they could only launch inaccurate shots and did not create much danger for Arsenal’s defense.

Mikel Arteta’s army proactively retreated to lure MU into a high position and then take advantage of their opponent’s mistakes. And they succeeded in the 20th minute. Onana’s goal kick was stolen by an Arsenal player before being passed to Havertz to run down the left wing.

In this situation, Casemiro was in the wrong position so Havertz was not in an offside position. And the Brazilian player also retreats very slowly to defend. As a result, Havertz had plenty of time to get deep into MU’s penalty area before stretching inside to let Trossard tap the ball close to the goal to open the score.

Trossard scored the only goal of the match, MU vs Arsenal

Having scored the goal, Arsenal continued to play deep to give MU control of the ball. They organized a tight defense and blocked all attacking players of the home team. The 1-0 score for the Gunners was maintained until the end of the first half.

Entering the second half, Arsenal still played the same tight style of play as in the first half. They only occasionally speed up and wait for fixed shots. However, the Gunners were not as successful as usual.

Meanwhile, although MU threw many reserve cards on the field, they could not change the situation. Alejandro Garnacho is the one who is given the ball the most to make a difference, but he is always easily caught or handled unwisely by Arsenal defenders.

The score of 1-0 for Arsenal remained until the referee blew the whistle to end the match. The Gunners reclaimed the top spot after only 1 day of losing it. However, they may only be able to keep it for a few days if Man City defeats Tottenham in the round-of-34 compensation match taking place at dawn next Wednesday. Meanwhile, MU is getting further and further away from the opportunity to enter the top 6.

Match lineup: MU vs Arsenal

MU: Onana, Dalot, Casemiro, Evans (Kambwala 75′), Wan-Bissaka (Forson 88′), Amrabat (Eriksen 88′), Mainoo, Garnacho, McTominay, Diallo (Antony 70′), Hojlund (Wheatley 88′)Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Odegaard (Jorginho 90′), Partey (Kiwior 90′), Rice, Saka (Jesus 82′), Havertz, Trossard (Martinelli 66′)