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Updated January 25, 2026

EPL Drama: Man United End Arsenal's Unbeaten Run at Emirates!

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It's been pure drama at Emirates Stadium as the game between Arsenal and Manchester United saw a five-goal thriller, where Brazilian winger Matheus Cunha's 8...

EPL Drama: Man United End Arsenal's Unbeaten Run at Emirates!

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It's been pure drama at Emirates Stadium as the game between Arsenal and Manchester United saw a five-goal thriller, where Brazilian winger Matheus Cunha's 87th-minute strike ended Arsenal's unbeaten run at home this season in the English Premier League. Interim manager Michael Carrick led Man United to Emirates Stadium following their great win against Manchester City to face the table-topping Arsenal. Despite conceding a goal first, Man United survived and successfully secured the important three points against Arsenal, which takes them into the top four, leaving behind Chelsea and Liverpool. Meanwhile, Arsenal are at real risk of bottling the league as they are now only four points ahead of Man City following their three-game winless run, which includes two draws and today's defeat.

As It Happened

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta had a fully fit squad to play against Man United, and he deployed the best possible XI, which was truly dominating in the first 20 minutes. Due to Arsenal's continuous pressure, Man United conceded the first goal in the 30th minute. It was a silly mistake by Lisandro Martinez as he failed to clear the ball, instead putting it into their own net. Within seven minutes, Man United got back into the game as Bryan Mbeumo equalized thanks to a mistake by Arsenal's Martin Zubimendi, who passed the ball to Mbeumo instead of the goalkeeper. After the break, the visitors took the lead for the first time. Patrick Dorgu put Man United ahead with a fantastic goal in the 50th minute. But Arsenal got the equalizer when Mikel Merino scored just six minutes before full-time. It was predicted that the match would end in a 2-2 draw, but Man United showed the winning mentality like the Fergie time! Matheus Cunha was the man who took a long-range shot with his right foot, which defeated David Raya and found the back of the net in the 87th minute, and secured three points for Man United as well as two back-to-back wins. "We were having a decent spell and seemed to be coming into the game when they scored, which was disappointing. Again, we showed the character to come back and there were stages in the game where you have to defend. They make you defend the box really and it's challenging at times, but I thought we had enough in the game to keep believing in the confidence and I always fancied us to score," Stated Man United's boss Michael Carrick. Meanwhile. Arsenal boss Arteta believed that the mistake that led Man United to score the first goal changed the momentum for them. Arteta said, "First of all, congratulations to Man United for the victory. I think we started the game really well, the first half-an-hour we were very dominant, playing the areas that we wanted, scored a goal, had two fantastic chances to score another one. And after that, we gave them the goal; errors are part of football, very unlike us, but we gave them the goal and hope, and that shifted the energy, because from then to half-time we really struggled."

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