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Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Omooba77: 9:46pm On Nov 11, 2018
Keep a date.
Old Trafford is the next test for Unai Emery's exciting Arsenal side after their stunning win over Tottenham on Sunday, and it is not a trip that will hold any fears for them.

The Gunners have only beaten Manchester United once in their own backyard in the Premier League since they won the title there in 2002, and even now they will not go there as favourites despite their 19-game unbeaten run.

Crucially, though, Arsenal will believe they can win this time. Their players will be full of confidence - and so they should be with the form they are in.

'Arsenal's players enjoy playing for their manager - United's don't'

There are actually some similarities between Emery's approach and that of United boss Jose Mourinho, who has also dropped big-name players and changed his formation to try to get his team firing.

Emery is the only one of the two getting results at the moment, though, and the two teams appear to be heading in opposite directions.
The biggest difference is the Arsenal players seem to be enjoying playing for their manager.

It doesn't look to me as if the United players particularly like playing for Mourinho, and that is being shown in their performances.

Why? Well, he has been in charge since the summer of 2016 but when I watch United I don't see a pattern of play or a system their players can identify with.

I know they have had some injuries and Mourinho has had to change his team around but so has every other club, including Arsenal, and they have managed it.

The Gunners had a tricky start to the season and lost their first two games, against Manchester City and Chelsea, but it is incredible the way they have bounced back to stay undefeated since then.

Emery, who has only been at the club since May, deserves huge credit and he is squeezing every bit of ability out of his team, in every department.
We saw at United when Sir Alex Ferguson left how difficult it is to replace a manager who has been at a club for such a long period of time, but Emery has got the club back on an even keel already after replacing Arsene Wenger.

Since Emery arrived they have had a habit of turning games around in the second half and they did it yet again against Spurs.

That in itself comes from the manager, not just in the way his players keep going because they are fit and mentally tough, but because of the way he changes things when they are not working.

He did it brilliantly on Sunday. Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were ineffective in the first half so he brought on Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette to stretch play with their runs behind the Spurs defence, and they sparked a brilliant comeback.
'Nothing to suggest United will improve any time soon'

In contrast to the way Arsenal are playing, United are nowhere near the level they could and should be at.

Apart from maybe David de Gea in goal and Luke Shaw at left-back, you could not say any of their players are playing to their full potential.

Compare that to Arsenal's players like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Lucas Torreira who are full of confidence, are at the top of their form and are helping their side get results.

Just as Emery deserves praise for getting the most out of his squad, Mourinho needs to take responsibility for what is happening at United.

It is the manager's job to get the best out of his players and, at the moment, there is no way Mourinho is doing that.

Not everything Mourinho has done this season is wrong, but he is getting criticism because of where United are in the Premier League table, and because his players are not playing to their maximum.

His treatment of his players has come under scrutiny too, such as his reaction when Marcus Rashford missed a good chance in last week's Champions League game against Young Boys.

I did not have an issue with that because it is something that all managers do, whether it is a young kid or an experienced pro who has wasted an opportunity.

Ferguson did it time and time again and I saw it from Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in their game against Everton on Sunday too.

Sometimes young kids are protected too much, and Mourinho has the right to show he is unhappy when any of his players make a mistake - but what he says about them after games is more of a problem.

He has dropped practically every outfield player, including his most expensive signings Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, at some point this season to try to get things right.

But the worrying thing for him must be that no matter what he has tried in the Premier League, we have seen nothing to suggest things are going to improve any time soon

Source: BBC sport

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Nobody: 11:38am On Nov 29, 2018
#COYG

A Must Win from the Boys.

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by PMBtill2023: 12:51pm On Dec 04, 2018
LIKES for Arsenal...SHARES for Man utd

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by PMBtill2023: 12:53pm On Dec 04, 2018
LIKES for Martial....SHARES for Aubameyang

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Lordjb: 10:47pm On Dec 04, 2018
Up Gunner's

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by bujebudanu1(m): 5:51pm On Dec 05, 2018
Let's go

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by muyiwa22(m): 7:15pm On Dec 05, 2018
COYG
Let's do it tonight
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by hmmmr: 7:23pm On Dec 05, 2018
Arsenal should make me happy today like they did on Sunday Biko

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Kingsley10000: 7:35pm On Dec 05, 2018
man u go collect ah swear

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Spy360(m): 7:47pm On Dec 05, 2018
Omooba77:
Keep a date.
Old Trafford is the next test for Unai Emery's exciting Arsenal side after their stunning win over Tottenham on Sunday, and it is not a trip that will hold any fears for them.

The Gunners have only beaten Manchester United once in their own backyard in the Premier League since they won the title there in 2002, and even now they will not go there as favourites despite their 19-game unbeaten run.

Crucially, though, Arsenal will believe they can win this time. Their players will be full of confidence - and so they should be with the form they are in.

'Arsenal's players enjoy playing for their manager - United's don't'

There are actually some similarities between Emery's approach and that of United boss Jose Mourinho, who has also dropped big-name players and changed his formation to try to get his team firing.

Emery is the only one of the two getting results at the moment, though, and the two teams appear to be heading in opposite directions.
The biggest difference is the Arsenal players seem to be enjoying playing for their manager.

It doesn't look to me as if the United players particularly like playing for Mourinho, and that is being shown in their performances.

Why? Well, he has been in charge since the summer of 2016 but when I watch United I don't see a pattern of play or a system their players can identify with.

I know they have had some injuries and Mourinho has had to change his team around but so has every other club, including Arsenal, and they have managed it.

The Gunners had a tricky start to the season and lost their first two games, against Manchester City and Chelsea, but it is incredible the way they have bounced back to stay undefeated since then.

Emery, who has only been at the club since May, deserves huge credit and he is squeezing every bit of ability out of his team, in every department.
We saw at United when Sir Alex Ferguson left how difficult it is to replace a manager who has been at a club for such a long period of time, but Emery has got the club back on an even keel already after replacing Arsene Wenger.

Since Emery arrived they have had a habit of turning games around in the second half and they did it yet again against Spurs.

That in itself comes from the manager, not just in the way his players keep going because they are fit and mentally tough, but because of the way he changes things when they are not working.

He did it brilliantly on Sunday. Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were ineffective in the first half so he brought on Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette to stretch play with their runs behind the Spurs defence, and they sparked a brilliant comeback.
'Nothing to suggest United will improve any time soon'

In contrast to the way Arsenal are playing, United are nowhere near the level they could and should be at.

Apart from maybe David de Gea in goal and Luke Shaw at left-back, you could not say any of their players are playing to their full potential.

Compare that to Arsenal's players like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Lucas Torreira who are full of confidence, are at the top of their form and are helping their side get results.

Just as Emery deserves praise for getting the most out of his squad, Mourinho needs to take responsibility for what is happening at United.

It is the manager's job to get the best out of his players and, at the moment, there is no way Mourinho is doing that.

Not everything Mourinho has done this season is wrong, but he is getting criticism because of where United are in the Premier League table, and because his players are not playing to their maximum.

His treatment of his players has come under scrutiny too, such as his reaction when Marcus Rashford missed a good chance in last week's Champions League game against Young Boys.

I did not have an issue with that because it is something that all managers do, whether it is a young kid or an experienced pro who has wasted an opportunity.

Ferguson did it time and time again and I saw it from Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in their game against Everton on Sunday too.

Sometimes young kids are protected too much, and Mourinho has the right to show he is unhappy when any of his players make a mistake - but what he says about them after games is more of a problem.

He has dropped practically every outfield player, including his most expensive signings Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, at some point this season to try to get things right.

But the worrying thing for him must be that no matter what he has tried in the Premier League, we have seen nothing to suggest things are going to improve any time soon
Credit the source oga.

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by dominique(f): 8:09pm On Dec 05, 2018
Come
On
You
GUNNERS!!!

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Kyase(m): 8:16pm On Dec 05, 2018
Nawaaooooo for this Jose sef ... I don' even give up sef...
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by obonujoker(m): 8:17pm On Dec 05, 2018
Mourinho don mad... Honestly I think Jose wants to be sacked... O mhen see formation.... grin

Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by mhizcutie(f): 8:17pm On Dec 05, 2018
Man u please don't lose
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by anambraamaka: 8:18pm On Dec 05, 2018
Down
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Nduxx(m): 8:18pm On Dec 05, 2018
#COYG Let's make it 20 unbeaten tonight

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by LesbianBoy(m): 8:18pm On Dec 05, 2018
If Arsenal win tonight

I will stop hugging Sinaj on here angry

Man Utd to win or draw

grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Vicrotica(m): 8:18pm On Dec 05, 2018
Gets seated.... shocked
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Ibcrown(m): 8:18pm On Dec 05, 2018
ManU wins 1-0
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by gurunlocker: 8:18pm On Dec 05, 2018
See how Mourinho turned Man Utd to a team that now fear Arsenal....
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by LesbianBoy(m): 8:20pm On Dec 05, 2018
Vicrotica:
Gets seated.... shocked

Oga stand up abeg! angry

You are sitting on the seat I kept for sinaj
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Topmaike007(m): 8:20pm On Dec 05, 2018
I want Arsenal to win with over 1.5
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by jammer777: 8:20pm On Dec 05, 2018
Arsenal first 1st-half win of the season is gonna happen today.



COYG!!!
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by princeisah26(m): 8:20pm On Dec 05, 2018
Arsenal cool

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by hisexcellency34: 8:22pm On Dec 05, 2018
Arsenal 3 Man Utd 1
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by Denikayan: 8:22pm On Dec 05, 2018
Stake on Manchester and see your money go into thin air
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by ZombieTAMER: 8:22pm On Dec 05, 2018
Only today...



I want a draw
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by LesbianBoy(m): 8:22pm On Dec 05, 2018
obonujoker:
Mourinho don mad... Honestly I think Jose wants to be sacked... O mhen see formation.... grin


Wetin do the formation?

This is the best formation jare!

I am happy pogba is on the bench! That boy cannor play ball abeg angry
Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by DanTrizy(m): 8:23pm On Dec 05, 2018
Man United 1-3 Arsenal. Quote me after the match.

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Re: Manchester United Vs Arsenal (2 - 2) On 5th December 2018 by sinaj(f): 8:24pm On Dec 05, 2018
LesbianBoy:
If Arsenal win tonight

I will stop hugging Sinaj on here angry

Man Utd to win or draw

grin grin grin grin grin grin
I pray Arsenal wins undecided

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