Kolkata : Marcus Rashford struck twice as Manchester United made it four wins in a row. Nevertheless it also ended Arsenal’s perfect start to the Premier League season, winning with a 3-1 victory at Old Trafford by Manchester United. Today’s match was a high-tempo; top quality game was decided by two Rashford goals. New signing Antony opened the scoring in the first half before Bukayo Saka equalised in the second period.
The opening of the game had equal chances for both the teams, but possession was led by Manchester United. Christian Eriksen and Jadon Sancho both had angled efforts, but Arsenal answered with a counter attack goal from Gabriel Martinelli in the 12th minute of the match, however a VAR review found that Eriksen was fouled when dispossessed in build up.
Four wins in a row for the Reds! ➕3️⃣#MUFC || #MUNARS
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 4, 2022
The game grew in both quality and intensity from both sides from that moment on. Arsenal left themselves open a bit, and United pounced in the 35th minute.
Bruno Fernandes received the ball in space, and played a pass to Jadon Sancho. Sancho found Rashford with one man to beat, and the centre forward calmly laid a through ball past the back line for Antony to arrive unmarked on the right hand side of the box and place a shot past Aaron Ramsdale for a debut goal.
Written in the stars ✨#MUFC || #MUNARS pic.twitter.com/rJ0UvDJQLu
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 5, 2022
Antony was subbed off first, with Cristiano Ronaldo on in his place in the 58th minute. Just a minute later a turnover in the middle third led to a quick break for Arsenal, finished off by Bukayo Saka to make it 1-1 on the hour.
United responded five minutes later with a quick strike from Marcus Rashford. He was fed through well by Bruno Fernandes on the through ball in transition, and he smashed it past Ramsdale to regain the lead for United. Eriksen pounced in behind and laid It across for Rashford to tap in and make it 3-1. It felt like a dagger for Arsenal as well as another injection of energy for United.
At 22 years and 192 days, Antony became the youngest Brazilian to score on his #PL debut, as well as becoming the 100th Brazilian to play in the competition 🇧🇷#MUNARS | @ManUtd pic.twitter.com/CFakDCJ6u1
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 4, 2022
Casemiro and Harry Maguire came on soon after to help kill the game, and while the former immediately had a dangerous giveaway the former came in with a tactical foul to force a chance for Arsenal into a bad free kick attempt. Things calmed down a bit after that, and with that United saw out the win and took three big points.
However, Arsenal remained top of the table with 15 from their opening five wins. Manchester United look to have found their belief again after starting the campaign with dreadful defeats by Brighton and Brentford and Dutch coach Erik ten Hag’s approach is bringing results.
