Manchester United v Arsenal 13 April

Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal

Man U

Ronaldo (pen) 53' View/ Download

Hargreaves 72' View/Download

Arsenal

Adebayor 48' View/Download

All goals

Extras

Adebayor's chance

Rooney's chance

Rooney's 2nd chance


Highlights

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MOTD highlights

MOTD Post Match interviews and analysis.

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Credit:Mr. Mercury and fred54 and muthoowana


What can I say about the match that just put up out of the running in the title race? It was like feeling Deja Vu. Score a goal(although it was a handball) and then concede a penalty few minutes after that.

We started the game very well. We should have taken at least some of the chances we created in the first half. I think that cost us the game today. All the build up play was just superb, but we lacked end product.

Man U were playing only on counter attacks, although the match was at OT. That shows the level of dominance we had in the first half.Adebayor had 3 or 4 good chances from which he could have scored. Rooney had one golden opportunity to put Man U ahead, although it was against the run of play, but Lehmann got a foot to it.

Second half started the same way first half ended. Arsenal dominating the play. 3 minutes after the restart, we scored from a lovely cross from van Persie. Adebayor put the ball in the back of the net with his hand. It was a deserved lead for Arsenal.

Again our defense fell asleep, not for the first time this season. We just cant hold onto a lead! Gallas handled the ball inside the box and penalty was given. No complaints there. Ronaldo was made to take the penalty twice and he scored in both occasion. It was a major blow to Arsenal and we started to give away the ball, way too cheaply after the goal. Man U started to take a grip on the game.

In the 72 minute we conceded a free kick, few meters from the box. although Ronaldo was the favorite to take the kick, it was Hargreaves who took it and scored. It was a superb freekick and Lehmann could not do much.

That was the final nail in the coffin for our fading title hopes. We just couldn't get ourselves to level the score after that goal. Bendtner had 2 good chances to level the score but he headed the ball straight to Van der sar.

Till the final minute we tried in vain to get the equiliser, but could not. The season is over for us. We need to start planning for the next season so that the same mistakes are not committed again and again.

This season where we were expected to move out of the top 4 and struggle for uefa cup spot, after losing Henry. We have performed marvelously well to come within a striking distance of the BPL crown. This season has to be a season where the team has exceeded all expectations. So we can proud of that fact and start thinking of the new season ahead of us.

This season might be a season where we haven't won a trophy, but the team has done enough to say that the season wasn't a failure


Match report here. One more here.

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Wenger's comments here and here