Arsenal beats Manchester United in the premier league, Amorim’s first defeat
Londoners claim home win and stay among the Premier League leaders. Rúben Amorim suffers first defeat
Summary
Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-0 at home on Wednesday in the 14th round of the Premier League. Timber and Saliba secured the three points from corners and inflicted United’s first defeat under Rúben Amorim.
THE TABLE
The win means Arsenal remain among the Premier League leaders, despite dropping from second to third place. The Londoners reached 28 points, but were overtaken by Chelsea, who also reached 28 after beating Southampton, but have a superior goal difference of 16 to 14. Manchester United are in 11th place, with 19 points.
LONDON CLASSIC
Arsenal have been dominating the derby against their great rivals in recent times. The London team has now won four games in a row against Manchester United, after another good performance. Mikel Arteta’s team pressed hard in the first half, but only opened the scoring in the final stage, in the eighth minute, when Timber took advantage of a closed corner kick. United went on the attack and tried to equalize, but ended up conceding another goal from an aerial ball: Saliba also scored after a corner kick and closed the score in the 28th minute.
