Manchester United battled to a hard-fought point against Arsenal in controversial circumstances at Old Trafford, as Bruno Fernandes scored a free-kick over a defensive wall that seemed to have been incorrectly placed by referee Anthony Taylor.
Peter Schmeichel has hailed one “world-class performance” that he saw during Man United and Arsenal’s Premier League clash on Sunday evening at Old Trafford.
Raya’s positioning was called into question for Bruno Fernandes’ opening goal, but he redeemed himself in stoppage time with a stunning double save to deny the United captain a winner. The former Brentford star produced an equally remarkable stop with an outstretched leg to prevent Noussair Mazraoui from doubling the home side’s lead,
Arsenal fans have been left furious at their goalkeeper David Raya after he gave Bruno Fernandes the 'entire goal to aim at' on the stroke of half-time
Arsenal fans who grew up with this rivalry through the 2000s and 2010s have suffered. On occasion, the Gunners did get the better of United, but they were also on the end of some truly harrowing defeats. After the 8-2 humiliation at Old Trafford in 2011, young fans were begging their parents to keep them home from school.
Bruno Fernandes stepped up and scored from a free kick just outside Arsenal's penalty area to take the lead. Whether it was by design, switching off or what have you, David Raya gave the Red Devils captain all the space in the world to score. All he had to do was beat the wall, and he did just that sending Old Trafford into a frenzy.
Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring with a pinpoint free-kick to give Manchester United the advantage at half-time, but we made our pressure count when Jurrien Timber fed Rice who curled his effort beyond Andre Onana and in off the post.
MANCHESTER UNITED and Arsenal have settled for a point a piece at Old Trafford this evening. Bruno Fernandes gave his side the lead right before half-time with a superb free-kick that flew past
Después de protestas callejeras de sus hinchas, los jugadores del Manchester United prodigaron uno de sus actuaciones más vibrantes de