Much of the build up was dominated by talk of how the mighty have fallen - how this fixture is nothing compared to the titanic tussles of the early millennium. In wet conditions, passes went astray, crosses were poor and barring a couple of late tackles it lacked any bite. Andreas Pereira skipped past Matteo Guendouzi and fired in a low left-footed shot, which Bernd Leno got down smartly to save. Arsenal followed suit as Nicolas Pepe shot well over, before he saw a weak effort saved by David De Gea. Buyako Saka’s effort was pushed away at full stretch and De Gea was straight back up to block Guendouzi’s follow up. They broke from the corner, Daniel James’ cross went all the way to Marcus Rashford at the back post and he looked up to see Paul Pogba and McTominay on the edge of the box. The flag was up but, crucially, referee Kevin Friend did not blow his whistle until the ball hit the back of the net. Saka, a real threat in the Gunners’ frontline, had time to pick his spot from a cutback only to fire the ball at Victor Lindelof and see it fly over the bar. United looked the more likely to win the game as Fred ballooned a shot over, however it was Dani Ceballos who went close next with a bending effort from the edge of the box.
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