Manchester United showed against Premier League leaders Liverpool they could get up and deny a clearly better team victory with a goal in the final minutes. Against Arsenal in the FA Cup, Mikel Arteta believes that Ruben Amorim and United got away with it as “999 other teams” would not. A strong sign that Amorim’s method has something to offer.
The game was decided on penalties with a win for Manchester United, but it was Arsenal who hammered away with shots. When Diogo Dalot got a straight red in the 61st minute and Arsenal equalised to 1-1 two minutes later, much of the Emirates crowd thought it was over and out for Manchester United.
Arsenal fired 26 shots towards goal, with 7 being defined as shots on target. The Manchester United attack only managed 7 times to send off shots, with 4 being on target. Arsenal had the ball 71% of the game. Still, 1-1 and a penalty shootout.
The Manchester United players and Ruben Amorim would have done it again. Critics will say Arsenal dominated and conceded the victory, but for United supporters, Mikel Arteta’s summary of Manchester United’s victory is also confirmation that Ruben Amorim is on track.
-It’s unbelievable. If you judge the performance and what we did, we deserved to win the game by far,” the Arsenal manager told BBC Sport.
“But the fact is that we are out, and that is the only thing we are judged on. In a thousand games like this, you only lose once, and that was probably this one,” Arteta said.
1 in 1000. One against Manchester United. At Emirates.
For the Manchester United players and supporters, this performance is a solid confirmation that they should trust Ruben Amorim’s method.
