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Manchester United was unable to immediately catch up with the favorite Arsenal. There was also a difference in detail.
Manchester United lost 0-2 to Arsenal in the 14th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at the Emirates Stadium in London on the 5th (Korea time).
Manchester United won its first EPL victory since Hoobeng Amorim took office with a 4-0 victory over Everton, but failed to win consecutive games against Arsenal.
The home team Arsenal played in a 4-3-3 formation. Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka are in charge of the front line, while Declan Rice, Thomas Partey and Martin 외degaard are in the midfield. The defense was built by Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakob Kivior, William Saliba and Julian Timber, and David Raya defended the goal.
The away side United faced each other in a 3-4-3 formation. Rasmus Hoylun, Alejandro Garnacho and Mason Mount will play the three-top, Tyral Malacia and Diogo Dalot will play wing-backs, and Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte will play in the midfield. The three-backs were Nusair Mazraoui, Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt, and Andre Onana wore goalkeeper gloves.
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Arsenal led the game first. At the beginning of the first half, Onana's kick mistake came out and Martinelli caught it and calmly shook the net, but the offside was pointed out and the score was not recognized. In the 9th minute of the first half, Fati's header from a corner kick headed to the side of the net.
Manchester United also launched a counterattack. In the 42nd minute of the first half, the ball fell in front of Dalot as the pass was not properly blocked by defense, resulting in a shot opportunity. Dalot's shot went off the goal and swallowed the disappointment. The first half ended 0-0.
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Early in the second half, Arsenal widened the gap by scoring the first goal. In the 9th minute of the second half, Timber lightly turned Rice's cross with a header. Onana shook Manchester United's net while she couldn't use her hands. Arsenal, who scored the first goal, tried to score an additional goal in the 12th minute of the second half with Saka's direct shot from the right side of the box, but Onana calmly defended it.
Manchester United made changes by making a large number of replacements. Excluding Mount, Garnacho and Maguire in the 14th minute of the second half, Marcus Rashford, Joshua Zirkji and Rennie Yoro were put in.
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But Manchester United's replacement was not very successful. Rashford's ludicrous error in action provided an excuse for a run. In the 27th minute of the second half, Rashford gave up a corner while attempting an absurd individual skill in the process of blocking 외degaard near the Manchester United goal line. Immediately in the 28th minute of the second half, Saka's cross from a corner hit Partey's head and bounced off Saliba's body to cut the Manchester United goal.
Manchester United, which had a gap of up to two goals, aimed for a chance to score until the end of the second half. Antony aimed for Arsenal's goal with a shot in the box after a free kick in the 41st minute of the second half, but was blocked by Raya's good defense, who showed his concentration.
In the end, Arsenal finished with a 2-0 victory.
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Manager Amorim's defeat against Arsenal marks his first defeat since taking over from Manchester United. The atmosphere, which had been on the rise with two wins and one draw in the previous three official matches, is also bound to slow down a little. Even in the statistics themselves, Manchester United did not have the upper hand against Arsenal. The total number of shots was also 14 for Arsenal and five for Manchester United, while the expected score (xG) was only 2.33 for Arsenal and 0.31 for Manchester United.
Amorim admitted to the gap with Arsenal after the game with regret. He said "Set piece changed the game. The set-piece finished the game "Arnall placed a lot of players near the goalkeeper, and it was impossible to compete for the ball. But we had to stop them, and we already know that we have to improve."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
