Manchester United vs Arsenal
Match pulse
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Who won: Arsenal 1-0
Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at Old Trafford. Goals for Arsenal: Emmanuel Adebayor (86').
Play by play
- 90'
Arsenal were the better team and deserved the victory - and could even afford a missed penalty. But the real winners today wear blue...
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And that's it! Full time! United lose at home to the Gunners against all the predictions.
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Arsenal break, Baptista sees his shot deflected behind for a corner and the Gunners will now run out the remaining seconds
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Time's almost up for United...
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...Lehmann shows good handling to collect to his right - decent effort but no problem for the keeper
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Neville's long punt upfield ends up bouncing around on the edge of the area, it falls for Brown who produces a good volley...
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Toure's struggling - looks like the same hip injury which troubled him in Hamburg
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Carrick almost plays in Solskjaer - great interception by Toure
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Three minutes to be added on
- 89'
Arsenal make a defensive change - Mathieu Flamini replacing Emmanuel Adebayor
- 88'
...Lehmann goes full stretch to make a brilliant one-handed save from a shot which was heading for the corner
- 87'
United swarm forward now. Solskjaer has it in the box, cuts back and produces a fine, angled shot...
- 86'
Adebayor does get to the ball first, no more than a toe-poke to put it underneath the goalkeeper and after an afternoon of frustration it's the Togo man who gets the goal
- 86'
GOAL!!!!!
- 85'
...Adebayor looks to have misread the weight off the pass and Kuszczak could get there first...
- 84'
Fabregas gets lucky with a rebound off a United man enabling him to come forward, he feeds in Adebayor with a superb threaded pass...
- 83'
Foul throw by Neville, possession switches back to the Gunners
- 82'
The atmosphere is excellent in Old Trafford, both sets of fans eager for the bragging rights
- 81'
O'Shea gives the ball away needlessly in the centre circle and Baptista can break. He keeps coming, drops the shoulder on Ferdinand and fires inches wide of the right post - close, so close
- 80'
Saha feeds in Ronaldo, it's over-hit but Ronaldo does brilliantly to chase the ball down and stop it dead on the land. He then cuts back into the area inside Gallas but his shot is blocked
- 79'
There's boos from the United faithful as two of their attacking stars are replaced, the home fans desperate to push on for all three points
- 78'
Double change for United as Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer come on for Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes
- 77'
Toure plays a neat ball through the centre to Ljungberg but the flag is up. It looks a bad decision, thought the Swede badly skewed his shot anyway
- 76'
Ronaldo takes from the right, it's cleared back out to him and his second attempt lands harmlessly in the hands of Lehmann
- 75'
Gilberto gives the ball away allowing Ronaldo to advance, Evra collects on the overlap and his deflected pass results in a corner
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