hello to you on a cracking night here at the theater of dreams old trafford my name is derek
ray and sitting alongside me in the commentary position is the former well derek we can talk
about coaches and their methods but it's now down to the players which ones are going to stand out
who will affect the game and who will have the greater desire it should be a cracking game though
the lineup for manchester united david de gea starts in goal luke shaw starts with aaron
juan bisaka in the fullback positions paul pogba plays alongside donny van der beek in the center
of midfield and the front player cristiano ronaldo starts together with anthony martial
good luck here are the starters for arsenal lano is the goalkeeper granit xhaka plays
with thomas party in central midfield and the striker today is pierre-emerick aubameyang
um
and they kick off here
bruno fernandez might be able to set up the chance
and to bake
and moving the ball nicely juan bisaka
and ronaldo prepare to fire still not clear well it came to nothing in the end
pepe tremendously strong in the tackle
short
a meaty but fair challenge and it will be a throw-in donnie thunderbake oh he's giving us away
martin erdogan granit xhaka but attacking possibilities
must score and it should have been the first goal of the game
well i can't believe that chance has been squandered that should have been the opener
it's a weighted pass finance well cleared away
marcial and the keeper got there
and he's fired over the corner able to close down the shorts not messing around with that clearance
saka it's with erdogan well let's see what they have in store for them on the break
long way out and the ball is loose and arsenal have won the corner as they try to take the lead
let's see about the delivery oh good work to deny the opportunity
well smuggled behind for another corner
trying to deliver it accurately
well no stopping him shaka
martin erdogard
excellent defending
making high pressing work for them here
what a lovely strike lethal piece of finishing drilled home with true conviction tremendous goal
well we won't get tired of watching this because the interplay around the box is
wonderful and the movement is good making for a comfortable finish it's a really great goal
and they're playing again and arsenal are leading
well he's outplayed and out thought him the defender doing his job
and it crossed the touchline so a throw in here
how about the cross thunderbaek onto ronaldo well flinging himself up the ball
can someone get on the end of this and it's in
a goal for manchester united who find themselves now level
well here it is again it's a well delivered ball into the box and it ends
up with a fairly simple finish certainly not much the goalkeeper can do about that
so underway again here on the back of that leveler
well taking into account all the stoppages two minutes to be added on
on and on he goes
using his physical strength to make sure he doesn't lose the ball
and the cross smuggled away
and that will do it for the first half here at the theater of dreams
well that influential presence up to this point bruno finance what did you think of what you saw
from him well that's exactly what his team needed because they weren't at their best in the first
half and once again it shows what a key player he is can they build on that in the second 45
and as the second half commences both sides can reflect on a first half
in which they were so very evenly matched short
and intercepted it
well visionary passing it's still alive
well goal kick just as it was looking promising
well you sense it's just a matter of time before they do score derek
they've been piling on the pressure now and really should be ahead in this one
intelligent threaded pass here great defending
setting off perhaps a little bit too much here foiling them effectively from the bake
well such a high degree of difficulty not quite in the end well how good was that
it's such a difficult piece of skill which he made look so easy that deserved a goal
and into the last 30 minutes now
and scoop for them to produce something exciting but quick thinking defensively
donnie thunderbake paul pogba
on to van der beek
short luna finance and they deal with the threat this time
well the counter chance looks very real will it be sufficiently imaginative needs an accurate cross
still passing it around with authority
can he put them in front yes is the emphatic answer and you have to say it was on the cards
well let's take another look he's got such quick feet hasn't he
it's a great turning shot what a good goal that is
what a big moment in the dying embers will it prove decisive here
and into the last 15 minutes of action pogba
it's a fine united move in the making
martial in the middle and a goal here just what manchester united required they are level
well let's look at the replay they move the ball so well just waiting for an opening
and it's a comfortable finish in the end which is made to look so easy it's a lovely goal
well back underway here and they've split the four goals between them so far
physically strong and secure on the ball martine erdogard also remain on the front foot
can they find a winning goal but nothing comes of it good defending it was
jaden sancho
the bake on a shot from miles out and just what was needed from the goalkeeper well
so late in the game that's a brilliant stop from the keeper big moment for him
and he's fired over the corner well they couldn't take advantage of the chance
rafael varan
well he didn't miss by all that much well he struck it quite nicely but
the keeper was always in control of the situation he knew that was going wide
and the referee is going to add on three minutes
and the search goes on for a winner time is tight
but it fizzles out thanks to that piece of defending
well the united fans are certainly playing their part here just listen to this noise
but can they get a winner now and that is that the 90 minutes have come and gone
neither side holds the advantage