Goal! Arsenal 1-0 Manchester United. Never mind Set Piece FC that man Own Goal has grabbed the Gunners opener to send the Emirates into raptures. United’s Martinez putting through his own net on 29 minutes with Jesus lurking after Martin Odegaard’s ball in pic.twitter.com/ilzFHCptMk
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Goal. Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United. Bryan Mbeumo waltzes around David Raya to fire home after a dreadful square ball by Martin Zubimendi. A sloppy error from the midfielder who has had such an excellent season pic.twitter.com/fJlDvBacm8
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Goal. Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United. Patrick Dorgu fires home from the edge of the area to put the visitors ahead five minutes after the break pic.twitter.com/SlvLXvVtN3
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Goal! Arsenal 2-2 Manchester United: Mikel Merino levels on 84 minutes here at the Emirates pic.twitter.com/s37wZahlJr
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Goal. Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United. Matheus Cunha scores on 87 minutes
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Full time: Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United.
90+4' White's cross is well blocked by Shaw and the Emirates crowd are animated as Arsenal pass backwards, give the ball to Fernandes and his wayward shot from just inside their half comes to nothing. 2-3
90+1 Seven added minutes are announced as Rice's corner his punched away before Eze pulls down Cunha. 2-3
89' Mazraoui comes on for Diallo. 2-3
88' Cunha spun 30 yards from goal and bent the ball around Gabriel leaving Raya with no chance. Arsenal have scored two scrappy goals, United have netted two screamers. 2-3
87' Goal! Cunha restores United's lead and it's another superb strike. Can you believe it. 2-3
85' It's a tap in for Merino that just creeps over the line, with Lammens nowhere to be seen. Another set-piece goal, and none will be much scrappier than that! 2-2
84' GOAL! It's Mikel Merino who scrambles the ball over the line! 1-2
83' Low drive from Saka is met well by Lammens at his near post- great effort. 1-2
81' Gyokeres heads over the crossbar, but replays show it came off Martinez. Goal kick given as Dorgu is replaced by Sesko. 1-2
79' Still no real signal of significant Arsenal intent with the Gunners not making the right decisions in the final third. Huge ten minutes coming up. 1-2
75' On comes Madueke for Trossard in Arsenal's final switch. 1-2
72' Appeals for handball as Lammens saves from Merino's effort, which was deflected by the falling Maguire's hand. VAR says no penalty. 1-2
70' Free-kick from Rice is headed over by Merino. 20 minutes for Arsenal to find at least a point from this game. 1-2
68' Cunha comes on as Michael Carrick makes his first chance, replacing the scorer of United's opening goal, Mbeumo. 1-2
66' Rice is teed up by Saka, who looked to have been pulled back by Shaw, but he shoots over. 1-2
64' Yellow card is shown to Rice who leaves his studs on Fernandes' achilles. 1-2
62' Corner for Arsenal after Martinez puts the ball behind under pressure from White. Saka's delivery is headed away. 1-2
58' Rice drops into the six with Merino and Eze in front of him. Timber moves to left back, White right. 1-2
58' Mikel Arteta makes a quadruple change as Hincapie, Jesus, Odegaard and Zubimendi are replaced by White, Gyokeres, Eze, and Merino. 1-2
53' Jesus wins a corner and rolls around holding his head with Martinez having pushed the back of it. Not really much in that. 1-2
54' Real nerves at the Emirates now as Dorgu works some space past Timber on the left but drives his effort high and wide. 1-2
52' A brief VAR check comes to nothing and the goal is given. Would have been harsh to disallow that for handball. 1-2
51' Goal! That is a screamer from Dorgu to turn the game on its head. United's equaliser was a gift, but this is a rocket, crashing in off the crossbar. 1-2
46' We're back underway at Emirates Stadium, with a big 45 minutes coming up. 1-1
Can Arsenal avoid three Premier League draws in a row? The teams are back out for the second half.
A Martinez own goal, and a Zubimendi error that was good as an OG, means it's level at the break. Arsenal were value for their lead, but have not been up to the task at all since.
Half time: Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United.
45+1' Fernandes with a long ball up to Mbeumo and he goes for a first-time volleyed lob that Raya watches over the bar. Excellent effort. 1-1
45+1' Two added minutes. 1-1
43' Odegaard launches an Arsenal counter but Hincapie's cross from high on the left is too deep and the Gunners' skipper eventually fouls Casemiro. 1-1
39' Zubimendi looks for redemption but his shot is blocked after some trickery from Jesus on the right hand side. 1-1
37' Goal! Mbuemo levels for United after a horror moment for Zubimendi. His misplaced pass puts the striker through on goal and he rounds Raya to equalise. 1-1
37' That's now six own goals that have gone Arsenal's way across all competitions this season. 1-0
34' Fernandes is raging after his shot from close range is wide. He feels it's a corner as Saliba had slid in, but the ref got that one right. 1-0
31' Mbeumo is played in behind by Fernandes, and the Cameroonian eventually plays it back to his captain, who fires wide. Mbeumo looked in there initially. 1-0
30' Saka's chipped ball found Odegaard and he drove the ball towards goal. Martinez was marking Timber and 'the butcher' could only divert it past his goalkeeper. 1-0
29' GOAL! Arsenal lead and it's an own goal from Martinez! 1-0
27' Some more possession for the away side in the last few minutes with Mbeumo linking up play nicely. 0-0
23' Martinez's speculative effort from range is easily blocked, but Jesus can't make use of the counter as Amad wins the ball back. 0-0
18' Free-kick for Arsenal after Dorgu fouls Saka. Rice swings it in from the right and Lammens saves very well from Zubimendi's header- great stop. 0-0
15' Nicely crafted by Odegaard to play Rice away towards the box. He plays in Saliba on the right side of the area but his pass back to Rice is too soft and United clear. 0-0
10' Trossard can't get over the ball as United head Saka's corner clear, and the Belgian's shot is high above the crossbar. 0-0
8' First real attempt from Arsenal as Rice's shot is blocked following some good work by Trossard. 0-0
7' Saka slips Timber into the box but Casemiro shepherds the ball out for a goal-kick. The Brazilian announced in the week that he's leaving the club at the end of the season. 0-0
3' Arsenal trained at the Emirates yesterday, with Mikel Arteta reportedly wanting to 'shake things up' for his side's preparations. 0-0
1' Underway between Arsenal and Manchester United in N5. 0-0
Here come the teams at Emirates Stadium.
Riccardo Calafiori scored the only goal as Arsenal won 1-0 at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season, so the Gunners can do the double over their rivals today.
It's tight in the race for the top four- United are 6th, a point behind Chelsea in 4th. Arsenal can go seven points clear of City with a win.
Michael Carrick names an unchanged side from United's 2-0 win against their rivals Manchester City in his first game in interim charge.
Gabriel Jesus starts upfront after his brace at San Siro in Arsenal's 3-1 win over Inter Milan. Viktor Gyokeres scored a fine goal, but drops to the bench this afternoon.
United subs: Bayindir, Heaven, Yoro, Malacia, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mount, Cunha, Sesko.
Manchester United: Lammens; Shaw, Martinez, Maguire, Dalot; Mainoo, Casemiro; Dorgu, Fernandes, Diallo; Mbuemo.
Arsenal subs: Kepa, Mosquera, White, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Eze, Martinelli, Madueke, Gyokeres.
Arsenal: Raya; Hincapie, Gabriel, Saliba, Timber; Rice, Zubimendi, Odegaard; Trossard, Jesus, Saka.
Team news is in, with a notable call made upfront for the Gunners.
Welcome to our Gooner Fanzine coverage of Arsenal vs Manchester United in the Premier League!