Arsenal won 1-0 at Man Utd in the highlight match of round 37 of the Premier League. Winning 3 more points, Arsenal returned to the top of the table to continue competing for the silver cup with Man City.

Arsenal defeated Man Utd 1-0 at Old Trafford in round 37 of the Premier League, thereby returning to the top of the table after one day being beaten by Man City . Currently, the “Gunners” have 86 points after 37 matches. Coach Arteta’s team will play the last round of the season at home against Everton on May 19.

Arsenal did not play too well, just enough to win against Man Utd (Photo: Getty).

Man Utd vs Arsenal is considered the highlight match of round 37 of the Premier League. Unfortunately, what happened at Old Trafford was not worthy of the expectations of experts and fans. Statistics after the match showed that Man Utd held the ball 54% of the time, made 14 shots, and hit the goal 2 times. With 46% possession of the ball, Arsenal had 11 shots, 5 times the ball hit the home team’s goal.

Man Utd’s expected goals index is only 0.71 while Arsenal’s is 1.48. This shows that Man Utd’s shots were taken in unfavorable positions, with a very low rate of becoming goals. In fact, the home team’s strikers did not once make the Raya goalkeeper show his talent. The danger of Arsenal’s shots was much higher than Man Utd’s, but other than the goal scored, the away team’s players did not make it too difficult for Onana.

After the opening whistle, Arsenal did not rush to attack, the away team entered the game in a slow and steady style. It seems that unfavorable results in previous away trips at Old Trafford have made the away team wary. During the first 20 minutes, Man Utd was better than Arsenal, the home team held the ball more and took more shots, but their strikers did not finish well, not once did the ball hit the goal.

Suddenly, in the 21st minute, Havertz broke the offside trap, ran down to receive the ball, then crossed for Trossard to tap the ball into the goal to score the opening goal. Man Utd’s defense exposed all its weaknesses in this defeat. Evans clearly showed the burden of age, so he could not keep up or prevent Havertz, Casemiro, and Wan-Bissaka from standing in the wrong position and not marking people.

Trossard celebrates after scoring the opening goal for Arsenal (Photo: Getty).

After scoring the goal, Arsenal proactively played defensive counter-attack. Man Utd tried to push the attacking team higher, but when they couldn’t get a single shot on goal, the home team sadly went into the break with a goal down.

Entering the second half, Arsenal continued to play at an average pace, the away team actively controlled the match to easily deal with Man Utd’s attacks. Arsenal left their mark in the counterattack when the away team’s strikers had several shots on goal, forcing Onana to work completely focused.

Man Utd created shots on target in the second half, but was really dangerous for Arsenal’s goal. The home team’s playing style was quite monotonous as the ball was often pushed out to the wing for Garnacho, Diallo or second-half substitute Antony. Not being able to attack in the middle makes Man Utd’s playing style easy to predict and prevent.

Arsenal players successfully blocked important detonators on Man Utd’s side throughout 90 minutes and 7 minutes of extra time. Thanks to that, the “Gunners” successfully defended the 1-0 score and took all 3 points away from Old Trafford.

Arsenal is one point ahead of Man City, but the defending champions have two matches left to play. Man Utd will play a make-up match at Tottenham Stadium in the early morning of May 15 and meet West Ham in the final round at home on May 19.