Gary Neville did not maintain again as he assessed Manchester United’s defending throughout their 2-0 loss to Arsenal on Wednesday.
The Gunners made probably the most of Liverpool dropping factors and drawing at Newcastle by following up their 5-2 victory over West Ham on Saturday with victory over their outdated foes.
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Set piece specialists Arsenal had been in full move beneath the lights on the Emirates Stadium.
First, Jurrien Timber scored the house facet’s opener with a header simply after half time from a nook.
Their second objective additionally got here from a nook, with Thomas Partey heading a cross again throughout the field for William Saliba to show in together with his bottom.
And Neville, who performed in Man United’s defence for his complete profession, was livid together with his former facet’s marking.
Talking on the Overlap dwell stream watchalong of the sport after Saliba’s objective, he stated: “That is s*** that.”
Partey was utterly unmarked on the far put up, whereas Saliba shook any strain from the Purple Devils current within the field with ease.
“Your set items are a joke,” Neville later moaned to co-pundit Ian Wright.
“I’ve a variety of admiration for it,” he added.
Arsenal have scored extra targets from corners than every other facet within the Premier League because the begin of final season (22).
In the meantime, the 2 gamers with probably the most assists from set performs on this time are Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka with seven every.
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Final season, the Gunners levelled the report for many Premier League targets scored from a nook.
They drew themselves stage with West Brom and Oldham’s 16 targets from the set piece in 2016/17 and 1992/93 respectively.
Whereas Stoke Metropolis do not maintain the report, Dimitar Berbatov in contrast Arsenal to Tony Pulis’ Potters within the Premier League years who had been famend for his or her set items.
Talking on Amazon Prime Sports activities, the ex-Man United and Tottenham star stated: “Arsenal are the brand new Stoke Metropolis [under Arteta].
“The Premier League is the one league on this planet the place you’ve so many gamers across the keeper, pushing and shoving. You might want to be robust.”
In response to the Potter comparability, Arteta stated to talkSPORT: “I do not know. It is as I stated, I believe scoring from each state of affairs is what I need to do. Clearly when you’ll be able to create 13 corners You must take alternative to attain from there. That is clear.”
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Arsenal have now gained their final 4 league video games towards Man United.
They’ve made historical past within the course of, having by no means gained 4 in a row towards them in Premier League historical past beforehand.
The Gunners have gained the final 4 league clashes towards the Purple Devils 3-2, 3-1, 1-0, and now 2-0.
Arsenal are actually third, seven factors off leaders Liverpool.
Chelsea are in second with the identical factors because the Gunners however with superior objective distinction after their 5-1 win over Southampton.
Man United, in the meantime, sit in eleventh as Ruben Amorim’s unbeaten begin to life as Purple Devils supervisor got here to an finish.
Requested by Amazon Prime Sport what his facet must do shifting ahead, he stated: “We’ve to enhance in each minute and to struggle for the video games. We’re right here to do this.”
Arsenal drew Manchester United within the FA Cup third spherical, so Amorim will quickly have the possibility to avenge his facet’s defeat.
Quizzed on what he hopes can have improved in that recreation, he smiled “Set items!
“That’s vital and we’ve got to be extra aggressive within the opponent’s field.”
Chatting with talkSPORT, Amorim was requested if Arsenal’s efficiency confirmed the extent Man United want to achieve.
“Sure, [they showed] good issues. However I felt the identical within the final recreation [in the 4-0 win over Everton],” he stated. “The very same.
“We’ve to enhance loads. They’re a crew working collectively for a very long time. We want time.
“However we had been aggressive. We simply should take this to the top of the sport.”