Arsenal vs Manchester United
Match pulse
ARSAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Final score
Arsenal and Manchester United drew 0-0 on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Highbury.
Play by play
- 93'
FULL-TIME: A tight, hard-fought affair ends goalless. Arsenal's five-man midfield kept United largely under-wraps and stiffled the life out of the game. A point apiece is about the right result.
- 92'
Park's corner is half-cleared to Rooney; the youngster is faced by three on-rushing Arsenal defenders and he blasts his shot high over the crossbar.
- 91'
OFF THE LINE! Brown climbs highest to win the header from Park's corner. He plants a header goalwards, but Eboue clears on the line.
- 91'
A slip from Cygan necessitates a desperate swing of his boot to deny Park the chance to run in at goal. United corner...
- 90'
Rooney slides a great pass in to Van Nistelrooy, but Lehmann comes out to collect. The off-side flag was raised in any case.
- 89'
ARSENAL SUB: Eboue replaces Reyes.
- 88'
United win a free-kick, and the chance to send a dangerous cross in to the crowded Arsenal penalty area. But, incredibly, instead of crossing, the younster attempts to shoot with the outside of his boot - and sends the ball high and wide of Lehmann's goal.
- 87'
Rooney is finishing as the strongest player on the pitch. He collects Neville's pass inside the centre-ciricle, runs hard at the Arsenal defence and tries a through ball to Ronaldo, though Cygan does well to intercept.
- 86'
...but his shot is blocked by the United wall.
- 86'
...Reyes stands over the ball...
- 85'
A Brown push on Bergkamp on the edge of the area is spotted by the linesman. Arsenal free-kick, in a dangerous spot...
- 84'
CHANCE! Rooney, oddly, is United's deepest defender from a corner. He collects a headed clearance before drilling an amazing pass in to the run of Neville, who, stretching, slides the ball a foot past Lehmann's near post.
- 84'
Another late United corner as Cygan, perhaps unneccessarily, puts the ball behind as a cross came over to the back post.
- 83'
Great dedication from Rooney as he tracks Henry's break down the left, tackles the Arsenal skipper and then retains possession with a cute backheel.
- 82'
Ronaldo wins his side a corner when his cross from the right is deflected behind. The youngster takes the corner himself, but Flamini clears.
- 81'
SHOT! A tough chance for Park as he hooks a volley over his shoulder and high over the crossbar.
- 80'
Brown spots Neville's run behind Cygan and finds his captain with a nice lofted pass. Neville sends the ball in low, left-footed, but Rooney and Van Nistelrooy don't anticipate and Arsenal can clear.
- 79'
ARSENAL SUB: Flamini replaces Fabregas in the middle of the park for the home side. Fabregas has had a lot of football in the last few weeks, and was looking a little jaded.
- 77'
Perhaps inevitably, the tempo has slowed a little since that frantic ten minutes ago. Both sides look to be tiring, too.
- 76'
Cygan is fortunate not to give away a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area when he is beaten by a shoulder-sway from Ronaldo.
- 75'
Rooney is still throwing himself about, despite being on a booking. He was lucky not to earn himself a second yellow card a few minutes ago after he deliberately handled.
- 74'
As the game enters its final stages, both sides look well capable of stealing the points.
- 73'
ARSENAL SUB: Bergkamp replaces Hleb; an attacking change from Wenger as he seeks a winner. UNITED SUB: Park replaces Giggs; it's a like-for-like change from Ferguson, with the South Korean taking up his position on the left flank.
- 72'
Silvestre brings down Pires on the right wing as the Arsenal midfielder attempted to cut in from the flank.
- 71'
GOOD HANDS! Ronaldo beats Campbell with a step-over on the right wing and fires a great low cross in to the middle, but Lehmann collects brilliantly inside his own six-yard box.
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