10/11/2013 - Manchester United - Barclays Premier League - First Team - A

FULL-TIME: Arsenal poured on the pressure at the end, but the home side held on for the three points. Still Arsenal go into the international break two points clear at the top of the league

FREE KICK: Rooney wins a free kick after a phantom foul and that could be it

YET ANOTHER: Sagna's crossing has been immense. He gets another perfect ball in, but neither Giroud nor Bendtner can get to it

BOOTING IT: United's tactics now are just to launch the ball as far as they can toward Arsenal's end

ADDED TIME: We've got three minutes left. Come on Arsenal!

ASKING QUESTIONS: Arsenal are pushing forward and United are a bit on the back heel, but the final ball is still missing

ARSENAL THROW: Level with the penalty line on the left side.

CARRICK CAUGHT: United Free kick after a Bendtner foul

THROW: Evra with the Unhited throw near the halfway line. The ball eventually goes out for an Arsenal goal kick

ANOTHER GREAT CROSS: Sagna sends another great ball in, Vermaelen gets a head on it but the ball goes out for a United goal kick

MAN UTD CHANGE: Fellaini comes on for Van Persie

JUST WIDE: Giroud hooks a shot just wide of the mark, but it was deflected out for a corner

HUGE CHANCE: Giroud was robbed at the key moment and United clear

ARSENAL CHANGE: It's Arteta who makes way for the young German

GETTING STRIPPED: Serge Gnabry is set to come on for Arsenal

DANGEROUS FROM UNITED: Van Persie's delivery finds a wide-open Smalling, but his headed attempt is all wrong

JACK BOOKED: Wilshere pushes Evra over and picks up a yellow - his fourth in the league

UNDER PRESSURE: Giroud goes for a header off a floating cross, but De Gea snatches it away

TACTICS: Arsenal look to be going for a 4-4-2 with Bendtner joining Giroud up front

ARSENAL CHANGE: Cazorla makes way for Bendtner

MAN UTD CHANGE: Giggs comes on for Kagawa

TRICKLING SHOT: Gibbs gives it a try from distance, but his low ball is deflected and rolls into De Gea's arms

BOOKED: Rooney picks up a yellow card for a poor challenge on Rambo

KOS CLEARS: Kagawa plays the ball in and gets near the touchline before the Frenchman knocks it away

GREAT DELIVERY: Fantastic cross from Sagna across the face of the goal, but no one is there to knock it in. Arsenal corner

INTERCEPTION: On the counter Ozil's pass is off target and Jones scoops the ball up to end the threat

ARSENAL COME FORWARD: Ramsey with a great pass over the top toward Ozil, but the German can't get on the ball. He was about six yards from the goal

BIG PRESSURE: Arsenal search for the opening on the edge of the area, Wilshere goes down but nothing given

ROONEY WIDE: He tries to chip it in from just outside the area, but the ball drifts wide

WILSHERE IN: Cazorla sends the ball through and Wilshere breaks forward, but Jones holds him off and United get the goal kick

ARSENAL CHANGE: Flamini makes way for Wilshere who moves central. Ozil looks to be going to the right side

JUST WIDE: Rooney gets a good chance to double United's lead, but the ball rolls just inches wide of the mark

EASY SAVE: Ramsey takes a shot from distance - perhaps a bit early - and De Gea scoops up the ball

SIDE NETTING: Ozil fires on goal, but the ball curls away from the mouth of the goal

SZCZESNY GRAB: The keeper easily takes it off a United corner

ROONEY SHOVE: Sagna given a push as the he is shepherding the ball out, touches the ball and United get thw throw

AMBITIOUS PASS: Ozil tries to find Gibbs on teh far side, but United allow it to go out for a goal kick

CLEARED: Cazorla's kick goes in toward Vermaelen, but United manages to clear

CORNER TO ARSENAL: Carrick forced to knock the ball out for an Arsenal corner. Cazorla to take...

FREE KICK: Just when Arsenal get in a good attacking position, the referee ends the threat with a free kick to United after Carrick is fouled

CHANCE: Ozil and Giroud with some good combination but can't quite make the final pass

GREAT VOICE: Despite the scoreline the Arsenal away fans are drowning out the home fans. Excellent form as always

IT'S VERMAELEN: Plenty of swerve but no dip and the ball sails over the cross bar

GIROUD FOULED: Arsenal get a free kick about 30 yards out...

CHANCE FOR ARSENAL: First real opportunity as the ball falls the Ramsey. He manages to get a shot off but it is smothered and saved

UNITED PUSH FORWARD: The home side gets a corner, but Vermaelen is there to head it clear

BACK UNDERWAY

MAN UTD CHANGE: Vidic makes way for Cleverley

THAT'S THE HALF: A Van Persie goal separates the two sides, even though they have looked pretty even. Utd asking more questions.

PUNCHED AWAY: De Gea just punches the ball away as Flamini goes for the ball close to the goal. Vidic ends up the worse for it and is getting some attention

TWO MINUTES ADDED: That's what the board says.

GOAL KICK: The ball ricochets off Sagna and out for a goal kick ending a late Arsenal attack

FLAMINI BOOKED: The Frenchman takes down Jones and earns his 5th yellow card of the season

CLASH OF HEADS: Jones and Szczesny both went for the ball and it was a pretty ugly looking collision. Jones goes into the book

UNITED CORNER: Rooney whips it in, Szczesny punches out and ends up on the deck. The medical team comes to his aid

OVER AND OUT: An uncharacteristically poor pass from Ozil sails over Ramsey's head and straight out for a Man Utd throw

UNITED PROBING: Rooney breaks into the box, falls down, looks for a penalty. None given.

ARSENAL INTENT: Ramsey plays it into the box, but can't find Giroud and Man Utd clear

ARSENAL CORNER: Evans knocks it out, Cazorla takes it short. The cross goes in but De Gea clears

OVER THE TOP: Vermaelen intercepts and knocks the ball long and it goes straight to De Gea

UTD FREE KICK: Rooney ruled to be offside on the free kick

BACARY BOOKED: Sagna clatters into Evra and the referee shows yellow

DANGEROUS CROSS: Rooney whips in a flat cross toward goal, but Vermaelen makes a good defensive header

ARSENAL THROW: Sagna can;t find a teammate and the ball slips toward a waiting De Gea

FOOTRACE: Great defending from Koscielny as he beats Van Persie to the ball to break up the counter-attack

SWAPPING OFFSIDE CALLS: Each team whistled for offside in the span of 30 seconds

GOOD HEADER: Vermaelen heads away a United cross and Cazorla clears

VERMAELEN CAUGHT: Rooney catches the skipper's head after his good defending breaks up the Man Utd attack

MIDFIELD BATTLE: It's very tight at the moment, and most of the play has been near the center of the pitch

PLAY ON: After a nice bit of hold up play by Giroud, Ozil is bundled over at the edge of the area. No foul.

FOUL ON VAN PERSIE: The referee blows the whistle on the Dutchman for a challenge on Vermaelen

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BURSTING FORWARD: Rooney sprints by a couple of Arsenal players, but loses the ball before he can create anything

MORE PRESSURE: Evra whips in another cross, but it floats into the waiting hands of Szczesny

OVER THE TOP: Another Szczesny save as United keeps the pressure up

ROONEY SHOT: From 35-yards out the England man's shot is deflected a bit, but Szczesny still has to make the diving save

FINDING THEIR FEET: Arsenal responded well to the early pressure from the home side and are now returning the favour

CALM GRAB: Evra floats a cross toward the Arsenal goal but Szczesny is there

TACTICS: Man Utd starts the match quickly and Arsenal's defenders are playing deep, but holding up well

FREE KICK: Giroud makes a clumsy challenge on Johnny Evans. Carrick launches the ball from right to left

EARLY CORNER: Van Persie's in-swinger is headed clear by Olivier Giroud

HERE WE GO! The home side kicks things off

HERE THEY COME: The teams are emerging from the tunnel at Old Trafford. Arsenal in the away yellows and the home side in red. Come on Arsenal!

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Per Mertesacker and Tomas Rosicky are out do to illness so Thomas Vermaelen and Mathieu Flamini step in

SUBS: Fabianski Jenkinson Monreal Hayden Gnabry Wilshere Bendtner

ARSENAL TEAM: Szczesny Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs Arteta Flamini Ramsey Cazorla Ozil Giroud

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