It was one of those ‘what might have been?’ moments. A moment which, had Lady Luck been shining down on Manchester United that day, could have sent their season moving in a very different direction. When title-chasing Arsenal arrive at Old Trafford on Sunday, they will take on aRed Devilsside lurching from crisis to catastrophe. A team who have already suffered a record number of Premier League defeats, could finish outside the top-seven for the first-time, and who’s manager – the increasingly embattled Erik ten Hag– appears to have aged decades in a matter of months.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
But where would Manchester Unitedbe now if they had snatched all three points at the Emirates Stadium back in September, when the 2023/24 season was only four games old? Where would they be had Gabriel Magalhaes not pulled his chest back at the very last second, rendering Alejandro
Garnacho‘s would-be winner in the 88th minute slightly offside?
These are the minuscule margins – in this case centimetres – upon which matches are often decided at the very top level.
Arsenal, having survived the most almighty of scares, then went up the other end and scored twice past the 90 minute mark, a victory which arguably laid the foundations for their latest and most compelling Premier League title charge yet under Mikel Arteta.
“It was a game with a lot of alternative (endings),” Arteta begins, as recorded by Beanyman Sports.
“Difficult one. There were small margins because they had a huge moment when the goal was disallowed.