Arsenal vs Manchester United, 2nd Leg Manchester United win 4-1 on aggregate
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Who won: Man United 3-1
Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-1 in 2nd Leg Manchester United win 4-1 on aggregate on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Emirates Stadium. Goals for Arsenal: Robin van Persie (76' pen). Goals for Man United: Park Ji-Sung (8') and Cristiano Ronaldo (11', 61').
Play by play
- 93'
There it is, and a comprehensive win for Manchester United. They were well worth it in fairness, and destroyed the game within the opening minutes. They are in with a shout of making history, if they can successfully defend their crown in Rome later this month. But will they face Chelsea (again) or Barcelona? Find out with us tomorrow. Bye for now.
- 92'
Giggs misses the chance to slot another goal in this remarkable season of his but he can't take Berbatov's ball in his path.
- 91'
Vela takes too much time in front of goal as O'Shea hassles him out of it, then Adebayor tries a shot when off balance but it is weak, oh so weak.
- 90'
The stadium is emptying very rapidly. In the Arsenal sections that is. Three minutes added.
- 89'
This one is dire. High, oh so high and wide.
- 88'
Another free kick for United as Toure lifts a foot in the direction of Ronaldo. Another chance for him to smash it goalwards.
- 87'
Ronaldo spanks the free kick just over the bar at tremendous pace.
- 86'
Eboue gets a yellow for such an innocuous foul its untrue. Remember the name Roberto Rosetti, and pray he never officiates a game involving your team.
- 85'
Nasri's free kick is helped on by Bendtner and Fabregas wasn't expecting it, or he wouldn't have got a minimal touch that looped into Van der Sar's arms.
- 84'
Let's just call full time before this referee botches any more important decisions.
- 83'
Fabregas hits the wall, then swats his second effort wide of the post.
- 82'
The referee has lost the plot here, now he's given Arsenal such a soft free kick when Rafael was shoulder to shoulder with Eboue. What a clown.
- 81'
Michael Carrick goes down heavily after an Adebayor stud raker. An awful tackle. A yellow for the Arsenal forward. He's lucky.
- 80'
The fourth official has confirmed there is no appeal process so Fletcher has to lump it. What a preposterous system. Anyone can see that's a mistake, so why can't it be corrected when the game is finished? UEFA, hang your heads.
- 79'
Arsenal's fans (those who are left anyway) have a little sing song. Fair play. Van Persie has just spent a few minutes on the deck after a little clip on the nose. Get up. Vela replaces him.
- 78'
I am reliably informed the only way Fletcher's card could be rescinded is if it was a case of mistaken identity, which it clearly wasn't. He had a great view of it, and it was an obvious touch from Fletcher. An absolute howler.
- 77'
It was a brilliant touch from Fletcher and the referee has killed his chances of playing in the Champions League final. What a buffoon.
- 76'
Van Persie slots the penalty. Arsenal need four more in 15 minutes!
- 75'
What a horrible decision from the referee. Fletcher clipped the ball away from Fabregas after he went clean through but the ref gives a penalty to Arsenal and sends the United man off. He'll miss the final now, so, so unjustly.
- 73'
A good effort from Park after being slipped in by Rafael on the right side. Almunia parries behind for a corner.
- 72'
Half decent effort from Bendtner, beating O'Shea and hammering a shot into the side-netting. He had colleagues who were better placed though.
- 70'
David Beckham is in the crowd and looks like he enjoyed United's third, judging by the replay we've just seen.
- 69'
Nasri gets a yellow for a little nibble on Fletcher. He's banned for his next European game. It won't be this season mind.
- 68'
United are stringing passes around at will now. If there was any Arsenal spirit left it evaporated with Ronaldo's second.
- 66'
Rooney is now coming off and Berabtov is on. Why United couldn't make three changes at once rather than every 30 seconds is beyond me. The game is over Fergie.
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