Football. TOP match of the week: Arsenal fought Manchester United
It would probably not be an exaggeration to say that the football confrontation between London's Arsenal and Manchester United was the TOP match of this week.
The teams met in the 14th round of the English Premier League in the British capital.
The visitors, led by new head coach Ruben Amorim, lost. Without a goal. They didn't score once, while the hosts did twice. The final score was 2:0.
By the way, before the reporting meeting, Manchester United with the new head coach seriously “raised its head” after a series of failures before that – two wins and one draw.
But the famous Portuguese coach was unable to beat the equally famous Spanish coach Mikel Arteta.
The latter's charges won quite deservedly. They were superior to their opponents in the game, played sharper, more aggressively, faster.
Arsenal's goals were scored by Jurrien Timber (54th minute) and William Saliba (73rd).
Among other games of the tour, held on December 4, we will note the victory long-awaited by Manchester City fans. They beat Nottingham Forest (3:0).
London's Chelsea won another victory, defeating Southampton away (5:1).
But Liverpool were unable to beat Newcastle away from home – 3:3.
Another Liverpool club, Everton, scored four unanswered goals against Wolverhampton at home.
In Birmingham, Aston Villa confidently dealt with Brentford – 3:1.
Today, December 5, the 14th round of the Premier League will finish with two matches: Fulham will face Brighton, and Bournemouth will face Tottenham.
The current leaders in the championship are Liverpool (35 points), Chelsea (28), Arsenal (28), Manchester City (26) and Brighton (23).
