Win Manchester United 0 - 1 Arsenal | Sunday, May 12th | KO: 16:30 GMT | Sky Sports

Here's hoping they beat us at home as comfortably as they've beaten Brighton, Bournemouth, Palace & Fulham.

It has fallen to me to shepherd our young, battle weary Gunners & will them on to see our last away match of the season in style.

It is to be the 32nd battle at Old Trafford between the two sides who, in the not-so-distant past, WERE the Premier League.

I say battle because no trip to Old Trafford has ever been a drab affair. Even when both clubs were cast into the wilderness.

Those titanic battles that did matter, usually swung the pelendulum towards the victor.



This legendary gunner knew what it's all about!!

We mustn't falter in the face of what is, undoubtedly, the worst United side since the PL era started. This is coupled with the fact they're being led by the worst United manager of said era & certainly the one most obsessed with us!!

God willing, it's a hard fought 3 points for us so that INEOS remains convinced Ten Hag is the way forward so he can fritter away another £400 million.

Manchester United 0 - Arsenal 2

 

[OnlyOne]

Our 8 can’t do anything on the ball

Can’t do anything when all our 6 does is pass sideways and give it away

 

[BergMan]

Thank **** for Havertz and Trossard.

 

[Rattata]

I don't like this Conte suffer ball that Arteta employed this season for the big away games.

 

[avenellroad]

Yep been saying all season we are very well coached and well stricter team. But hugely overachieving as well. Away from home we simply don’t have the control top teams have and simply don’t have enough good ball players. You never gonna be possession team against good teams with Rice in the middle

I don’t think it’s as clear as that but I do think we give off an impression of being a technically secure team when I don’t think we actually are. It’s weird

Barca for example are always a technically secure team regardless of how bad they are. Not sure if that makes sense

 

[dka1]

Christ, that has been a hard half haha.

Erm United are actually a lot better than I thought. Comparing them to Sp*rs I think they're just much more dangerous but also you can see where they have weaknesses in how they conceded.

We've been...erm not great, but actually I think a lot of our players have been good individually; White, Saliba, Trossard, Havertz but a lot of times we're making sloppy passes at key moments.

 

[GDeep™]

Who the **** is that ?

Amad.

 

[OnlyOne]

Tbf Rice has to step it up as well as Partey and Ødegaard. They’re playing against a midfield of McTominay, Mainoo and Amarabat.

Oh trust me I know

 

[ptrcopp]

I don’t expect City to drop points so happy if we just win this to take it to the last day - and hopefully take the jinx off future games.

Utd are treating this like their cup final. We could have taken advantage a couple of times but they’ve not challenged a great deal

 

[Rasmi]

We've set a PL record for consecutive away cleansheets pal.

And I still maintain we are a team who has had the margins go our way many times this season. We have simply overachieved

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

Need to be a bit braver. They aren't City away that we need to get every single player drop back into the penalty area. Even if we win the ball back we have no outball as everyone is too deep. Vicious cycle

 

[GoonerJay24]

Yep been saying all season we are very well coached and well stricter team. But hugely overachieving as well. Away from home we simply don’t have the control top teams have and simply don’t have enough good ball players. You never gonna be possession team against good teams with Rice in the middle

I'm not watching the game but I've said this for awhile. Despite our form this year, I always felt the team shows its real levels against better opponents

 

[Diesel]

Players willing booting the ball to a 5 foot 8 trossard after not having possession for 6 hours. Nice tactics

 

[OnlyOne]

Toney’s Chocolony at half time for me

 

[Sapient Hawk]

We need to come flying out at the start of the second half & put a couple past them. I don't want them to even think they have a chance of ruining our destiny here.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

One of the worst Ode performances well since Munich

 

[A_G]

Poor from “Cas”

 

[2Smokeyy]

Oh trust me I know

Anyhow we drop points here none of them are safe.

 

[ptrcopp]

Arteta is the reason

As much as I agree, he is also the reason we could take the title to the last day. Alonso aside, who else, who was available, could have done what he’s achieved?

 

[avenellroad]

Rooney’s evolution into Shrek is well on track

 

[Riou]

... @A_G my source has told me the reason Casemiro didn't push up quickly, was because he was too busy being in awe thinking about how many United players either have better stats than Saka (without pens) or are just more talented than Bukayo.

Arteta luck for us here, ngl!