First Defeat Amazed At Manchester United, Arsenal Cut Point Distances With Liverpool

JAKARTA - Manager Ruben Amorim had to lose his first when Manchester United failed to stop Arsenal. In a duel in the English Premier League at the Emirates Stadium, Thursday, December 5, 2024 in the morning WIB, MU lost 2-0. The victory made Arsenal cut points with Livepool.

The unbeaten record with MU ended already. The atmosphere that replaced Erik ten Hag brought MU to a 1-1 draw against Ipswich Town and then slaughtered Everton 4-0. They also showed their maximum game when beating Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the Europa League.

However, the positive trend was stopped when Manchester United visited Arsenal's headquarters in North London. They were unable to overcome the Gunners' offensive game. Even though they have quality squads, the performance on the field shows Arsenal are still better than MU.

Arsenal not only have the depth of the squad but the team has indeed formed for a long time since it was handled by manager Mikel Arteta. Even though they haven't given a trophy, the Gunners have always been the main competitor in the Premier League title race.

Kontras dengan Amorim yang baru beberapa minggu menangani MU. Meski demikian, manajer yang diperkrutan dari Sporting Lisbon ini tetap menjanji keharapan. Hanya saja, klub bakal menjalani permintaan Amorim untuk membeli pemain di bursa transfer musim dingin.

The result is also a lesson for the empiricals who will play the's festival period', namely when the Premier League teams play games on a busy schedule during Christmas and New Year.

This is the first experience of Amorism that cannot take a vacation during Christmas and New Year as in previous years. Because only the Premier League continues to roll when other European leagues enter winter holidays.

For Arteta, the victory over MU made Arsenal maintain a positive trend. Arsenal also maintains competition with Liverpool and Chelsea. The success of winning the tripoin made Arsenal remain in third place depending on point 25. The same as Chelsea who won big 5-1 over Southampton, but Arsenal still lost the goal difference.

They also cut points with Liverpool still perched at the top of the standings. Only, Chelsea and Arsenal are still seven points behind after Liverpool drew 3-3 against Newcastle United.

Meanwhile, MU failed to improve the rating and is still stuck in the middle board. Now, the Red Devils are ranked 11th by pocketing 19 points. Similar to Fulham, but MU is still ahead of goal difference.

In that match, MU was actually able to put up Arsenal's best-case fight. Amorim again relied on Rasmus Hojlund's striker as a center forward. This time, he was supported by Alejandro Garnacho and Mason Mount. On the other hand, Marcus Rashford is predicted.

Arsenal itself has not changed much because Arteta continues to place Kai Havertz as the spearhead. He received support from Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka.

However, Arsenal are having a hard time facing MU's solid defense. With three Noussair defenders Mazraoui, Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt, the back sector of MU is already quite solid.

As a result, Arsenal's forwards could not convert every chance into a goal in the first half. Moreover, goalkeeper Andre Onana played brilliantly and made several saves. The score remains a goalless draw.

Entering the second half, Arsenal's game looked better. They were slightly superior in possession of the ball. Their attack finally paid off.

Jurrien Timber defender broke the deadlock after his header which welcomed Declan Rice's corner into the MU goal. Goals were created in the 54th minute.

Left behind 1-0, MU tried to get up. They had a good chance through De Ligt. It's just that the header of the Dutch national team defender who continued this free kick could be parried by goalkeeper David Raya.

Arsenal again put pressure on them. Their efforts were not in vain, William Saliba managed to break into Onana's goal in the 73rd minute.

The goal started with Thomas Partey's header which greeted the ball from Saka. But the ball then rebounded which was finally grabbed by Saliba. This became Arsenal's 22nd goal which started with a corner since last season.

The score changed to 2-0 for Arsenal. No more goals were created and Martin Odegaard et al maintained that advantage until the end of the match.