Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United: Gunners suffer third Premier League defeat after Cunha winner

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  1. Freddie Cardy: 18:26 #10733

    Full time: Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United.

  2. Freddie Cardy: 18:22 #10732

    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

  3. Freddie Cardy: 18:19 #10731

    90+1 Seven added minutes are announced as Rice's corner his punched away before Eze pulls down Cunha. 2-3

  4. Freddie Cardy: 18:17 #10730

    89' Mazraoui comes on for Diallo. 2-3

  5. Freddie Cardy: 18:16 #10729

    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

  6. Freddie Cardy: 18:15 #10728

    87' Goal! Cunha restores United's lead and it's another superb strike. Can you believe it. 2-3

  7. Freddie Cardy: 18:13 #10727

    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

  8. Freddie Cardy: 18:12 #10726

    84' GOAL! It's Mikel Merino who scrambles the ball over the line! 1-2

  9. Freddie Cardy: 18:11 #10725

    83' Low drive from Saka is met well by Lammens at his near post- great effort. 1-2

  10. Freddie Cardy: 18:09 #10724

    81' Gyokeres heads over the crossbar, but replays show it came off Martinez. Goal kick given as Dorgu is replaced by Sesko. 1-2

  11. Freddie Cardy: 18:07 #10723

    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

  12. Freddie Cardy: 18:03 #10722

    75' On comes Madueke for Trossard in Arsenal's final switch. 1-2

  13. Freddie Cardy: 17:59 #10721

    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

  14. Freddie Cardy: 17:58 #10720

    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

  15. Freddie Cardy: 17:56 #10719

    68' Cunha comes on as Michael Carrick makes his first chance, replacing the scorer of United's opening goal, Mbeumo. 1-2

  16. Freddie Cardy: 17:53 #10718

    66' Rice is teed up by Saka, who looked to have been pulled back by Shaw, but he shoots over. 1-2

  17. Freddie Cardy: 17:52 #10717

    64' Yellow card is shown to Rice who leaves his studs on Fernandes' achilles. 1-2

  18. Freddie Cardy: 17:49 #10716

    62' Corner for Arsenal after Martinez puts the ball behind under pressure from White. Saka's delivery is headed away. 1-2

  19. Freddie Cardy: 17:46 #10715

    58' Rice drops into the six with Merino and Eze in front of him. Timber moves to left back, White right. 1-2

  20. Freddie Cardy: 17:46 #10714

    58' Mikel Arteta makes a quadruple change as Hincapie, Jesus, Odegaard and Zubimendi are replaced by White, Gyokeres, Eze, and Merino. 1-2

  21. Freddie Cardy: 17:43 #10713

    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

  22. Freddie Cardy: 17:41 #10712

    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

  23. Freddie Cardy: 17:40 #10711

    52' A brief VAR check comes to nothing and the goal is given. Would have been harsh to disallow that for handball. 1-2

  24. Freddie Cardy: 17:39 #10710

    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

  25. Freddie Cardy: 17:33 #10709

    46' We're back underway at Emirates Stadium, with a big 45 minutes coming up. 1-1

  26. Freddie Cardy: 17:32 #10708

    Can Arsenal avoid three Premier League draws in a row? The teams are back out for the second half.

  27. Freddie Cardy: 17:19 #10707

    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.

  28. Freddie Cardy: 17:18 #10706

    Half time: Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United.

  29. Freddie Cardy: 17:16 #10705

    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

  30. Freddie Cardy: 17:16 #10704

    45+1' Two added minutes. 1-1

  31. Freddie Cardy: 17:13 #10703

    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

  32. Freddie Cardy: 17:09 #10702

    39' Zubimendi looks for redemption but his shot is blocked after some trickery from Jesus on the right hand side. 1-1

  33. Freddie Cardy: 17:08 #10701

    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

  34. Freddie Cardy: 17:07 #10700

    37' That's now six own goals that have gone Arsenal's way across all competitions this season. 1-0

  35. Freddie Cardy: 17:04 #10699

    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

  36. Freddie Cardy: 17:02 #10698

    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

  37. Freddie Cardy: 17:01 #10697

    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

  38. Freddie Cardy: 17:00 #10696

    29' GOAL! Arsenal lead and it's an own goal from Martinez! 1-0

  39. Freddie Cardy: 16:57 #10695

    27' Some more possession for the away side in the last few minutes with Mbeumo linking up play nicely. 0-0

  40. Freddie Cardy: 16:54 #10694

    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

  41. Freddie Cardy: 16:49 #10693

    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

  42. Freddie Cardy: 16:46 #10692

    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

  43. Freddie Cardy: 16:41 #10691

    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

  44. Freddie Cardy: 16:38 #10690

    8' First real attempt from Arsenal as Rice's shot is blocked following some good work by Trossard. 0-0

  45. Freddie Cardy: 16:37 #10689

    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

  46. Freddie Cardy: 16:33 #10688

    3' Arsenal trained at the Emirates yesterday, with Mikel Arteta reportedly wanting to 'shake things up' for his side's preparations. 0-0

  47. Freddie Cardy: 16:31 #10687

    1' Underway between Arsenal and Manchester United in N5. 0-0

  48. Freddie Cardy: 16:27 #10686

    Here come the teams at Emirates Stadium.

  49. Freddie Cardy: 16:26 #10685

    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.

  50. Freddie Cardy: 16:24 #10684

    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.

  51. Freddie Cardy: 16:23 #10683

    Michael Carrick names an unchanged side from United's 2-0 win against their rivals Manchester City in his first game in interim charge.

  52. Freddie Cardy: 16:21 #10682

    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.

  53. Freddie Cardy: 16:20 #10681

    United subs: Bayindir, Heaven, Yoro, Malacia, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mount, Cunha, Sesko.

  54. Freddie Cardy: 16:19 #10680

    Manchester United: Lammens; Shaw, Martinez, Maguire, Dalot; Mainoo, Casemiro; Dorgu, Fernandes, Diallo; Mbuemo.

  55. Freddie Cardy: 16:18 #10679

    Arsenal subs: Kepa, Mosquera, White, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Eze, Martinelli, Madueke, Gyokeres.

  56. Freddie Cardy: 16:17 #10678

    Arsenal: Raya; Hincapie, Gabriel, Saliba, Timber; Rice, Zubimendi, Odegaard; Trossard, Jesus, Saka.

  57. Freddie Cardy: 16:17 #10677

    Team news is in, with a notable call made upfront for the Gunners.

  58. Freddie Cardy: 16:17 #10676

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