Arsenal’s bizarre goal sets Manchester United up for a turnaround, Ronaldo scores two goals and breaks the magic threshold

New head coach Ralf Rangnick has already made his first appearance at Old Trafford, having watched the game from the stands so far, and will not be on the bench until Sunday against Crystal Palace. However, his charges made him happy when they managed to beat Arsenal 3-2.

The highly anticipated duel between Manchester United and Arsenal was started better by the visitors, who managed to get on the board in the 13th minute, when Emile Smith Rowe fired the ball into the net, where David de Gea was writhing in pain, his own teammate having stamped on his foot shortly before.

The referee Martin Atkinson did not want to concede the goal at first, but only blew his whistle after the ball was already behind the goal line and after a discussion with his colleagues on the video he finally conceded the goal.

This annoyed the home team players, who also got fired up and became more active. However, they were rewarded for their efforts only in the 44th minute when Bruno Fernandes managed to finish a nice combination of the Red Devils.

The fans must have enjoyed the start of the second half, because in the 52nd minute Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of a great pass from Marcus Rashford and finished right on target.

The goal was a huge milestone for the Portuguese striker as he became the first footballer in history to score 800 goals. An incredible feat!

Two minutes later, however, Martin Ødegaard, assisted by Gabriel Martinelli, finished a virtually identical action and it was back to square one.

However, the tie lasted only until the 70th minute, when Ronaldo scored his 801st goal from a penalty.

That’s all that happened in the match and Manchester United moved up to seventh place, only two points behind fifth-placed Arsenal.

Source: Premier League, Twitter