On the evening of April 23, Beijing time, the 34th round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle, Arsenal home against Manchester United. In just 28 minutes of the first half, Manchester United was frantically suspended by Arsenal, directly conceding 2 goals in a row, and then Cristiano Ronaldo scored to help the Red Devils pull back a goal, and he also completed the milestone moment of 100 goals in his Premier League career.
In the last make-up match, Arsenal won 4-2 away to Chelsea, equaling Tottenham Hotspur in points and continuing to rank fifth, and Manchester United lost 0-4 away to Liverpool, accumulating 54 points in one round of multiple matches, ranking sixth, and the competition for four was passive.
The two teams have met in the last 14 Premier League meetings, with Arsenal winning five, Manchester United winning five and drawing four other games, with neither of them having the upper hand. In their first meeting this season, Manchester United relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's scoring twice at home to defeat Arsenal 3-2.
In terms of starting, Manchester United sent Ilanga, Ronaldo and Sancho forward trident, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay and B Fei in midfield, Arsenal sent Nketiah as a single arrow, and Saka, Smith Ronaldo and Odegaard led the midfield.
In the opening 3 minutes, The Manchester United goal was breached, Arsenal crossed into the box, Varane and Tres did not kick the ball in succession, Saka's shot was saved by De Gea, the enveloping Tavares followed up with a supplementary shot, arsenal home 1-0 to achieve a fantastic start.
It was Tavarez's first goal for Arsenal and the first player to score his Arsenal debut goal against Manchester United since Ljungberg in 1998.
In the 27th minute, Odegao directly passed the penalty area, Saka received the ball and fell to the ground, the referee did not say, Nketia in front of the goal astute shot the goal, the referee first decided that Arsenal was offside, and then confirmed through VAR that Tres first knocked over Saka in the penalty area, awarded Arsenal penalty qualification, in the 31st minute, Saka took the penalty to help Arsenal expand the score 2-0.
In the 33rd minute, Nemanja Matic sent a cross from outside the penalty area, and Ronaldo scored from the right side of the penalty area to help Manchester United -2 pull back a goal.
This goal allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to complete the milestone moment of the 100th goal of the Premier League, making a total of 223 appearances, and becoming the 33rd respected member of the "100-ball club" in the Premier League in history.
After the goal, Ronaldo did not celebrate too much, and quickly ran back to his own backfield to wait for the kick-off, because he wanted to lead Manchester United to complete the reversal.