The 2023/24 Premier League season continues, Arsenal and Manchester City are in suspense for the title, the two teams alternately lead in the standings, and in the 37th round of the Premier League, Manchester City swept Fulham 4-0 away, beating their opponents home and away while surpassing Arsenal by 2 points to top the table. Arsenal played away to the Red Devils in this round, in the first half of the game, Casemiro made a mistake, Trossard scored the only goal of the game, Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0, home and away double Manchester United.
Manchester United have been in average form this season, finishing bottom of the Champions League group and setting new lows in the Premier League table, with only the FA Cup reaching the final for the second consecutive season and will once again compete with Manchester City for the title. The Premier League has only won one game in the last 7 league rounds, not only is the Champions League hopeless, but now the competition for European qualification is also overtaken by Chelsea and Newcastle, and the worst result is that there is no European task next season.
Arsenal have been favourites for the title for two seasons in a row before collapsing late last season and missing out on the title. Mikel Arteta has continued to invest heavily in the transfer market this season and has been in the title race in the Premier League. Against Arsenal, the home defeat to Aston Villa in April ceded the title race to Manchester City, and even if they win all the remaining games, they still expect Manchester City to drop points to win the title.
Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League head-to-head record, at Old Trafford, Manchester United 16 times at home against Arsenal only lost, the last two at home, Manchester United defeated Arsenal, but this season's BIG6 small league, Manchester United's record of strong dialogue ranked at the bottom, on the other hand, Arsenal is at the top of the table, and the state contrast between the two teams is obvious.
At the beginning of the game, in the 5th minute, Thomas made a mistake at the back to give a gift, and Hojlen burst into the penalty area and shot hard. In the 20th minute, Casemiro dragged on to the end, causing Manchester United's backline to make an offside error, Havertz went down to the bottom of the triangle to return the pass, Trossard scored in front of the goal, Arsenal broke the deadlock, and led Manchester United 1-0 away. In the 28th minute, Arsenal broke through the United defence again, with Bukayo Saka playing the ball in the box and Ben White following up with a blast from a tight angle that slid past the goal.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Thomas slipped and almost gave a gift when he cleared a shot from inside the box, but the United players were too late to react and missed the opportunity. In the 61st minute, Garnacho broke through on the left and cut inside and shot wide. In the 73rd minute, Anthony broke the ball successfully and fired a long shot at the top of the arc that was confiscated by Raya. In the 77th minute, Garnacho broke through into the penalty area on a counterattack and hit the side netting. In the end, Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 away, beating Manchester United home and away for the first time since 2006/07, making it five wins in a row.
According to the post-match stats, Manchester United had 54% possession and 2 shots on target from 14 shots in the game, while Arsenal had 46% possession and 5 shots on target from 11 attempts. After this campaign, Manchester United is in 8th place with 54 points, Arsenal has 86 points, and once again surpassed Manchester City by one point to reach the top of the table, and now Arsenal can wait for Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City to play a crucial match.
With one round of Premier League titles remaining this season, Arsenal have a final round at home to Everton, with Manchester City having two games to go, with midweek fixtures away to Tottenham and West Ham United at home in the final round. Manchester City only need to win their final two games to achieve four consecutive Premier League titles, setting a record of 136 years in the English top flight.