On Sunday, January 12, Arsenal hosted Manchester United at home as part of the 1/32 FA Cup.
The hosts immediately seized control of the game and began to besiege the Mancunians' penalty area. In the 18th minute, Martinelli opened the scoring, but the referee called it offside and canceled the goal..
After this, Manchester United finally woke up and began to play more aggressively. And by the end of the first half hour, fans and football players, mostly guests, began to have big questions about the refereeing. In the 38th minute, Jesus fouled Bruno, but the referee did not call a foul.
As a result of the incident, Jesus left the field on a stretcher, and the Portuguese received a yellow card for talking. In the second half, Manchester United began to play even more confidently and already in the 52nd minute Bruno Fernandes sent the ball into the goal with one touch after a pass from Garnacho.
And in the 61st minute, Diogo Dalot received a second yellow and left his team in the minority. From that moment the most interesting began, because Arsenal equalized the score just two minutes after the sending off, Gabriel scored.
In the 69th minute, the referee awarded a penalty against Manchester United after minimal contact between Maguire and Havertz, but Altay Bayindyr managed to parry Odegaard's shot. And a few minutes later the Turk made a fantastic save, parrying a shot almost point-blank from Declan Rice.
For the rest of the match and both overtimes, Manchester United heroically defended in the minority and, thanks to the confident play of Bayindyr and de Ligt, successfully. At the same time, the guests found space for both high pressure and counterattacks. But in the end, the winner of the match was determined in a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, the only mistake was made by Kai Havertz, whose shot was taken by Altai, which allowed Manchester United to knock Arsenal out of the FA Cup.
Arsenal - Manchester United 1:1 (4:5 on penalties).
Goals: Gabriel, 63 - Fernandes, 52 Expected goals (xG): 3. 24 - 0. 27.
Ball possession: 70% - 30%.
Beats: 26 - 7.
Shots on target: 7 - 4.
Corners: 12 - 2.
Fouls: 10 - 25 Arsenal:
Raya - Gabriel, Saliba, Lewis-Skelly (Trossard 90), Timber (Party 100) - Merino (Rice 73), Jorginho (Tierney 113), Odegaard - Martinelli, Havertz, Gabriel.
Manchester United: Bayindyr - Martinez, Maguire (Yoro, 104), de Ligt-Ugarte (Malasia, 90), Mazraoui, Diogo Dalot, Mainu (Collier, 81), Ugarte (Malasia, 90), Mazraoui - Bruno Fernandes,.
Booked: Gabriel 70, Havertz 72 - Martinez 29, Fernandes 38, Dalot 49, 61, Ugarte 56, Maguire 70 Send off: Dalot 61.