Arsenal vs Manchester United
Match pulse
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Who won: Man United 4-2
Manchester United beat Arsenal 4-2 on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Patrick Vieira (8') and Dennis Bergkamp (36'). Goals for Man United: Ryan Giggs (18'), Cristiano Ronaldo (54', 58') and John O'Shea (89').
Play by play
- 95'
FULL TIME: Wenger and Ferguson shake hands as the United players celebrate a sensational victory. United's Championship dream lives on, but Arsenal's seems to lie in tatters.
- 94'
Beautiful cross from Bergkamp is headed out for a corner by Wes Brown. Vieira heads goalwards, and the ball is cleared off the line.
- 93'
Reyes, who has been on the edge ever since he came on, goes in late on Keane, prompting a minor 18-man confrontation. The Spaniard is booked.
- 92'
A lot of dejected faces in the home support as United comfortably close out the match.
- 91'
Bergkamp sends a header arching towards the top corner from Fabregas' cross, but Carroll saves in comfort.
- 90'
Five minutes of injury time, but it surely won't make any difference to the Gunners.
- 89'
Has Arsenal's crown slipped tonight? This must be an enormous psychological blow for them - especially if Chelsea win at Blackburn tomorrow.
- 89'
Sensational finish from O'Shea, who found so much space as Arsenal pressed for an equaliser. A quite amazing second half for United.
- 88'
GOAL! Scholes finds O'Shea in yards of space on the edge of the box, and the Irishman turns and cooly chips over the advancing Almunia.
- 87'
Carroll elects to punch a deep cross, but the ball falls straight to Vieira. His header flies back in to the box but is cleared.
- 86'
Henry brilliantly holds off Ferdinand before launching into an overhead-kick. Unfortunately for the home side, it's straight at Carroll.
- 85'
Arsenal are looking a little desperate, and their fans are getting very edgy. Ljungberg slings in a dangerous cross but Heinze cuts out the danger.
- 84'
Henry's little headed flick almost finds Reyes in the box, but Ferdinand reads the danger and clears. Henry then almost finds Ljungberg, but Keane clears.
- 83'
United are content to launch balls upfield just to waste time. They really are experts at closing out games like this.
- 82'
SUB: Lauren off, Fabregas on. Wenger has to take a chance, and has left three at the back in an effort to snatch an equaliser.
- 81'
Arsenal are struggling to create anything, even with the extra man. United are getting everyone behind the ball.
- 80'
Reyes throws Neville to the ground as he attempts to win the ball on the touchline. Free-kick, but it comes to nothing. The home fans look on in dismay.
- 79'
Ljungberg goes down in the box as he attempts to burst through two United defenders on to Henry's through-ball. No penalty.
- 79'
United win a corner, but it comes to nothing. The away side get back behind the ball quickly to prevent a trademark Arsenal counter-attack.
- 78'
SUB: Hoyte on for the hobbling Campbell. The young substitute goes in to the centre of defence.
- 77'
The giant Arsenal centre-back looks in real trouble. He's holding his ankle after going down heavily when diving in to deny Saha.
- 76'
SUB: Giggs off, Saha on. The substitute almost creates a chance immediately, but the danger is snuffed out by Campbell.
- 74'
United are coping fairly well at the moment. Arsenal are throwing plenty of men forward, but when the away team get possession, they are frustrating the Gunners.
- 73'
United, obviously, aren't in any hurry to get on with the action once the ball has gone out of play.
- 72'
The ball breaks to Ljungberg after a good move down the left, but the winger doesn't connect properly and Carroll saves easily.
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