It had to take a Granit Xhaka effort and a former Man U player, Danny
Welbeck's shock header for coaching veteran, Arsene Wenger to register
his first career win over rival, Jose Mourinho in the premier league on
Sunday evening.
Jose Mourinho, started with Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, players that
have been injured for almost two months to start in the center of the
defence while Wayne Rooney was brought back into the fold alongside Juan
Mata and young debutant Axel Tuanzebe.
Wenger started with Danny Welbeck, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez upfront
while the likes of Alex Iwobi, Giroud and Theo Walcott had to settle
for a spot on the bench.
Swiss international, Granit Xhaka fired from 30 yards out in the second
half and a nasty deflection by Ander Herrera saw the ball overtake De
Gea- whose future as each second passes by, seems to lie more in Madrid
than in Manchester.
And shockingly within two minutes, Mancunian, Danny Welbeck headed home
from a Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain cross to give them all three points
despite a late fight back from Jose Mourinho's side.
Wenger with this win, also broke another record, it was the first time
Man U lost in the league after the 4-0 drubbing by Chelsea in October
2016, and Mourinho, hopeful of winning the Europa league , maybe... just
maybe, might rue this missed opportunity to close up on the champions
league spots.
Could Wenger resign if Arsenal don't make the top four? Only time can
tell!
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