Manchester United had an existential dilemma: to go in search of one’s own benefit versus Arsenal and thus favor Manchester City in the fight for the Premier League title or postpone their intentions to qualify for international cups for next season and complicate the path of the city rival. Beyond United’s intentions, The Gunners fulfilled their task: they won 1-0, regained the top of the championship and remained with a chance of being champions until the last date.
Arsenal and a key victory: they won at Old Trafford and climbed back to the top of the Premier League. Getty Images
Mikel Arteta’s team had an unavoidable objective: they had to win at Old Trafford to extend the championship until next Sunday. And he made it happen. The match that Tottenham and Manchester City will play this Tuesday in London will determine who will be the leader of the Positions table at the time of the last day. At the moment, Arsenal is the sole owner of the top.
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Thanks to Leandro Trossard’s goal 20 minutes into the first half, Arsenal reached 86 points, one more than Guardiola’s City. In addition to that small advantage, the Gunners have a better goal difference than the Citizens: +61 against +58. If they arrive equal on points at the final date, that factor may be what determines the champion.
Arsenal searched with their typical collective construction. He did not find clear options until Casemiro took a while to come out from the back and left Kai Havertz open, who overflowed from the right and gave way to the center so that Trossard comfortably scored for the only goal of the game.
Although from that moment until the end of the match Manchester United sought equality, especially from the danger generated by Alejandro Garnacho, they were unable to generate extreme danger.
Arsenal also tried to extend the lead to gain greater peace of mind. Although he deserved it, André Onana prevented him from a couple of situations and lowered the blind on his goal.
With the victory, Arsenal achieved a record number of wins for the club in the history of the Premier League with 27. The Gunners had reached the mark of 26 successes in three seasons: 2001-2002 (champion), 2003-2004 (champion) and 2022-2023 (runner-up).
The evolution of Leandro Trossard as a scorer
Leandro Trossard had scored 7 goals in his first 45 games played for Arsenal in all competitions in 2023. However, in 2024 the explosion came: 11 goals in 22 games.
In those first 45 games, Trossard had distributed 12 assists, while in the 22 this year, the Belgian dedicated himself more to finishing on goal and much less to sharing the ball, since he did not provide any assists.