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JUSTIFYING THE 100 'KILOS' OF HIS SIGNING
United 'kills' Arsenal on the counterattack in Antony's brilliant debut (3-1)
Published:4/09/2022 - 20:28h
Updated:4/09/2022 - 20:28h
Manchester United has once again defeated a 'big six' team. On this occasion, the victim has been Arsenal. Mikel Arteta's men seemed superior in the first half, but Antony would point the way to victory at the worst moment for the locals
Looking for preserve his winning series in the Premier League after losing the two first parties, the Manchester United received in Old Trafford to the leader of the classification, an Arsenal that arrived invicto in his five previous presentations. The venues looked for three points more to continue escalando positions in the tournament of the regularity in his edition 2022-23.
After the first minutes, marked by an exchange of arrivals to the area and some brush in the physical game, as the one who caused a 'fright' with Gabriel Jesus after a played brusque with Scott McTominay that seemed to finish with the Brazilian lesionado, the directed by Mikel Arteta would attack: Bukayo Saka would interpret the game in research of a gap in the field to assist to Gabriel Martinelli, but the played would be cancelled by the VAR.
The Arsenal, 'punished' in his best moment
The 'gunners' would not scare and would follow giving headaches to the United, especially by means of Saka. The superiority of the londinenses did increasingly evident in the 'theatre of the dreams'. Passed the first half hour, the Brazilian combination Gabriel Jesus-Martinelli would create a played of danger that would finish with a strong head butt. But toparon with an acrobatic stop of David of Gea, the one who moved away the manually changed danger.
But even seeing shut in his area, the United would break the equality to the 35 minutes. Showing why cost 100 million euros, the debut of Antony has not been able to be better. The played would initiate with a desborde of Bruno Fernandes to pass of Christian Eriksen; later, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford would give continuity to the succession of touch until finding with Antony very situated that would beat with a finish of left-handed to Aaron Ramsdale so that the venues went to the rest with advantage
The start of the second half kept the intense rhythm and trepidante of the first part. Saka Would look for to equalise the commitment to the 55', but his finish toparía with the crossbar. Even so, the international with England would not surrender and would have his prize five minutes later, taking advantage of a balloon that remained him served after an occasion wasted by Gabriel Jesus.
However, the United would not give them break to the 'gunners'. To the 65 minutes of the crash, Bruno would find to a very placed Rashford to put the 2-1 partial and light the party in Old Trafford. The forward mancuniano would want to more and to the 75' already was signing his doublet, again in combination with the Portuguese to put him definite figures to the marker: 3-1 for the 'network devils', that win to the second rival of the 'big six' to the that confront in the season.