SCORE: 2nd Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Mata) 1-1 (Giroud) ARSENAL

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Premier League Tie between Manchester United and Arsenal

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Date: November 19th, 2016

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Kick off BST: 12:30

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Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	Arsenal F.C.
De Gea	Cech
Valencia	Jenkinson
Rojo	Mustafi
Jones	Koscielny
Darmian	Monreal
Pogba	Coquelin
Herrera	Elneny
Carrick	Ramsey
Rashford	Ozil
Mata	Walcott
Martial	Sanchez

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: Romero, Blind, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Young, Memphis, Rooney

Arsenal F.C. SUBS: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi, Giroud

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Team news:

• Darmian fits in for Shaw who isn't in the squad today.

• Rojo and Jones return to take charge of the centre of defence.

• Carrick, Herrera, Mata and Pogba all start

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF

0' United get us underway!

5' United have started very well and are surging forward every time we have the ball. Our closest chance was a Mata free kick. Arsenal have a corner now though and Alexis had a free header that goes well wide.

11' Arsenal have found their footing in the game but no major chances either way

16' Both teams are playing well and it looks like a lot of the players are up for this. A lot of energy on display and the football is fluid.

17' ARSENAL YELLOW CARD Alexis Sanchez goes into the book for a tackle on Herrera from behind.

24' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Darmian is now in the book even though replays show that he didn't touch Walcott or even clip him...

25' It's been a spell of Arsenal possession for a bit but no shots challenging Dave and the United defence had held strong.

30' It's back to being back and forth and even without a plethora of scoring opportunities, it's been a solid game so far.

33' Darmian gets lucky as he could've had a second yellow but Marriner just gives him a last warning.

35' Valencia goes down in the box but the referee gives nothing, much to the crowd's (and Mourinho's) disbelief.

36' Mata is fed through by Pogba but his low, driven shot, is pushed past the post by Cech.

40' Martial forces another save from Cech with a curler from the left but Cech pushes it over comfortably.

45' ONE MINUTE ADDED

45+1' HALF TIME

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SECOND HALF KICK OFF

45' No changes by either team and we're underway again.

50' United starting the second half like they ended the first, very much on the front foot. Arsenal are defending scrappily.

55' Arsenal working their way back into it and they have consecutive corners now. Neither of them come to anything though.

60' No major chances for either side but United are passing the ball around well. We're lacking incisiveness in the final third, as usual.

62' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION Rooney ON || Martial OFF

63' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION Blind ON || Darmian OFF

68 MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL AFTER 10 MINUTES OF SUSTAINED UNITED PRESSURE, WE GET THE BREAKTHROUGH! POGBA SLIPS HERRERA THROUGH ON THE WING, WHO CROSSES TO MATA AND HE SLOTS HOME NO PROBLEM! WE LEAD!

69' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Mata gets booked for the celebration.

73' ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION Giroud ON || Elneny OFF

78' United still very much on the front foot but we definitely need a second goal to have any sort of comfort.

78' Blind swings in a wondrous ball and Rojo is free at the back post but his header is well wide.

79' ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION Xhaka ON || Coquelin OFF

83' ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION Oxlade-Chamberlain ON || Jenkinson OFF

85' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION Schneiderlin ON || Mata OFF

86' ARSENAL YELLOW CARD Ramsey goes into the book for a high foot.

89' ARSENAL GOAL Giroud leaps above everyone in the United defence and scores with Arsenal's first shot of the game.

90' FOUR MINUTES ADDED

92' ARSENAL YELLOW CARD Xhaka gets booked for handball.

93' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Rooney is booked for having a go at the linesman.

94' FULL TIME