Manchester United beat Arsenal at Old Trafford as Ronaldo hit a brace in a 5-goal thriller. Manchester United were lucky, while Arsenal’s woes against the big teams continue.
After West Ham drew yesterday, the gunners were in a position to claim the 4th position but fumbled against the Red Devil. Though the game started well for Arsenal, the game ended in a defeat.
In the 13th minute, Smith-Rowe scored a controversial goal after David De Gea was accidentally stepped on by Fred. VAR saw nothing wrong with the clash, and awarded the goal.
It remained 1-0 until the 44th minute when Fred laid a one-time pass to Fernández to make it 1-1 and that rounded-up the first half.
At the restart, Man Utd grabbed the second goal in the 52nd minute as Rashford’s low cross found Ronaldo who put it past Ramsdale to make it 2-1. However, Arsenal quickly fired back in the 54th minute as Ødegaard fired past De Gea to make it 2-2.
In the 68th minute, Ødegaard became the villain as he gave away a penalty which was cooly converted by Ronaldo to make it 3-2. Arsenal had the chance to equalize but Aubameyang scuffled their late chance to make it 3-3.
Ronaldo’s brace takes him to 801 career goals after spells in Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Portugal. The 5 time Balon D’or winner is arguably the best player to ever grace the football field.
Why VAR allowed Smith-Rowe’s goal against Manchester United?
The Manchester United players broke one of the golden rules of football; always play to the whistle. If Atkinson had sounded his whistle immediately after the infringement happened, the goal might not have stood. However, Man United players stopped and waited for a free kick which was not sounded by Atkinson. Also since the infringement was from a Manchester United player, there was no reason to not award the goal.
Manchester United remain 7th on the league table, but are now 2 points behind Arsenal, and 12 points behind the league leaders, Chelsea.
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