Eddie Nketiah stored Arsenal’s Premier League title problem on monitor with two objectives because the Gunners beat Manchester United 3-2 in a pulsating recreation on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Nketiah netted the winner in damage time with a back-heeled flick-on after a shot from Martin Odegaard to safe an important victory that retains Arsenal 5 factors forward of Manchester Metropolis with a recreation in hand.
United is the one group to have crushed Arsenal within the league this season and regarded set to deal Mikel Arteta’s group one other blow when Lisandro Martinez equalized within the 59th minute.
Eddie Nketiah’s last-minute winner sends Arsenal 5 factors clear on the prime 🔥#ARSMUN pic.twitter.com/70Cq0Edave
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However Arsenal was lastly rewarded for a interval of relentless strain over the past 10 minutes, with David De Gea having already denied Nketiah as soon as from shut vary.
Marcus Rashford had put United forward with a long-range strike within the seventeenth minute, however Nketiah responded seven minutes later when he headed in a cross from Granit Xhaka on the far publish.
Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal the lead for the primary time within the 53rd when he collected the ball on the left flank, drove previous Christian Eriksen after which curled in a strike from 25 yards that beat De Gea on the far publish.
However goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale then made a uncommon mistake as he collided along with his personal defender when attempting to gather a nook, spilling the ball to Martinez — who reacted rapidly to move within the equalizer.