Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United

Arsenal bounced back to form, after a spell in the doldrums, to prove that they are still up there with the best of them. Not that it was ever in doubt by anybody, except, perhaps, a few sports writer's looking for cheap headlines. Arsene Wenger has proved himself at the top of his profession, over and over again, and the silly sniping that followed the odd defeat or two, was unwarranted and foolish.

This was a fine display by the home side, but the same could not be said about their illustrious visitors who were not quite at their best. Both Rooney and Ronaldo had good chances, and missed openings that on other occasions have clinched matches.

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It was a brace of goals from Samir Nasri that settled the issue. He opened the scoring in the 28th minute, when his shot spun in off the usually reliable Garry Neville. Then three minutes after the interval he was at it again. He received a great ball from Cesc Fabregas, which he coolly drove past Van der Sar into the net.

Shortly afterwards Park delivered a good ball to Ronaldo, and Arsenal were greatly relieved as his shot drifted wide. Of course you can never write United off and they continued to press forward, without making the necessary break through. The home side were weakened in the 78th minute, when keeper Almunia was substituted with Fabianski, after an accidental clash with Carrick

United grabbed a goal back after ninety minutes but it looked as though Arsenal had done enough. Then the board came up announcing that there were to be six minutes injury time to play. That would normally be long enough for United to grab at least an equalizer, but this was not their day and the 'Gunners' held on for a deserved victory, at the end of a fine game of football.

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