All matches between Arsenal and Manchester United will bound to have tension on and of the pitch as well, nothing differnt on 29/8/2009. For such games a good referee should be selected by the English F.A. Sadly the chosen man was useless as a referee , was to eager to show yellow cards on the arsenal players , he took out a total of six yellow cards for Arsenal. As usual Arsenal started the match a little hesitently. But once the rhythm was there they then kept their smooth passing for what Arsenal is so famous for, they missed teir captain Cesc Fabregas due to a hamstring injury and the mid field missed him greatly.
The chance for Arsenal came from Andreiy Arshavin , but Darren Fletcher came sliding in . This was Mike Deans big mistake in not awarding Arsenal a penalty then as it happened in the box. F.I.F.A law very clearly states that a sliding tackle from the back deserves a yellow card, nothing was given here which was wrong. Andreiy Arshavin then sent a 25yard kick like a cannonball, Ben Foster watched it helplessy go in.
Manchester United got a equalizer through a penalty , when Wayne Rooney was brought down by Alumania. Rooney scored the penalty/ Then a free kick by Ryan Giggs got the head of Abu Diaby and went into the net.Arsenal were not done yet afree kick by Robin Van Persie hit the post and bounced of. And in the injury time Robin Van Persie netted the ball but it was given as an offside as William Gallas had strayed offside, but he was not interfering in the play. The goal did not stand.
Things got dirty when Arsene Wenger was told to leave the stands for kicking a plastic bottle outside the pitch. But that is later what the F.A. Did.
One thing is clear Manchester United are playing as if their ship has no rudder, and winning thanks to the referee, favouring them. Ronaldo and Tevez have made a big difference , after their departure, Antonio Valencia has failed to the job , Ferguson paid Wigan 16 million pounds , a very bad buy indeed.
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