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HIGHLIGHTS | Manchester United vs Arsenal (1-1) | Premier League | Rice scores, Raya saves!

Football

سال2025

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7.5

Declan Rice’s superb strike earned us a draw at Old Trafford after we were forced to come from behind in the second half. After controlling the first half, we somehow found ourselves behind at the break after Bruno Fernandes bent a free-kick into our net, but an end-to-end first half saw David Raya keep up in touch after he made some excellent saves. And that paved the way for Rice to curl in an excellent goal on 74 minutes to get us back on level terms, with some late heroics from both goalkeepers ensuring the spoils were shared. First half setback After our goalscoring exploits in Eindhoven five days earlier, this encounter was completely different and the opening half was an extremely cagey affair. We enjoyed the plenty of possession and territory with the game played almost exclusively in the United half, but chances to find the net were few and far between for both sides. We created virtually all of the dangerous moments in the first 45, and Mikel Merino dragged the game’s first effort wide after nine minutes before Martin Odegaard tried his luck from 25 yards but Andre Onana made a routine stop. An incisive Gabriel pass then picked out Leandro Trossard to let fly from the edge of the box, but the Belgian was just off-target. Having seen West Ham United and Nottingham Forest frustrate us in our last two league fixtures, United’s gameplan was just to sit back, soak up pressure and defend with a very low block, and they didn’t conjure up a sight of goal on the counter until first-half stoppage-time. However, they made it count. Alejandro Garnacho latched onto a loose ball and charged toward the box before being brought down by Trossard 20 yards from goal. Fernandes took control of the situation, and the United captain stepped up and curled a shot over our wall and into David Raya’s net to snatch an undeserved lead heading into the interval. Things continued in the same pattern following the restart, Odegaard forced Onana to tip a fizzing shot over from the edge of the box and from the resulti