Manchester United v Arsenal - live!

Arsene Wenger will get up close and personal with the fans of Manchester United 
at Old Trafford once again tonight? Photo: Carl Recine Images / Action

2 min: Wojciech Szczesny early jitters, which is fluffs a clearance when rolling a teammate, a back-pass to give it a touch early in his debut Premier League. His first touch hoofed unable to take off and get Koscielny by surprise, but disaster is averted when Wayne Rooney, who was chasing a pass behind the original, is penalized for offside.

1 min: Manchester United kick off playing from left to right in his range of usual residence of red shirts, white shorts and black socks with red trim. the Arsenal players wear yellow shirts and socks with shorts maroony colored wine.

subtleties before the game: The teams file out of the tunnel down by the corner at the end Stretford, with Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger after a few minutes later.
Not long now: Since he scored five goals in his last outing Premier League, Dimitar Berbatov could be forgiven for feeling a little upset to sit out tonight, but we can only assume that Sir Alex Ferguson decided to work more resolutely Protestant Park ethics will be necessary tonight.

That said ... When the holder of Arseblog played his usual excellent game Fifa 2011 warm up with today's expected line-ups, Arsenal emerged victorious 3-1 to Andrei Arshavin bagging a brace, Jack Wilshere and getting another mark for United Nani with a free. On a sour note for Gooners, your side had to play out the last 25 minutes with nine men after Cesc Fabregas and Wilshere was expelled.

An email: "The game has not even started and I have no nails left!" writers Michelle Peters-Jones, who is very, very nervous or being tortured by someone wielding a pair of pliers. "This is a really crucial game for us ... a victory will bring a lot of confidence in the Arsenal side, what we really need. That's the obvious but is not it? That said, I would gladly take a draw here on opposition to a repeat of the horrendous defeat at Chelsea. "My modest sum is a victory over Arsenal, which could suggest anything but guaranteed.

Rancor news: While there is no love lost between fans and players of the two great old clubs, their leaders seem to be maturing with each age. Having barely hide their contempt for each other in the past, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have said good things about themselves in preparation for this match, following a thaw in hostilities pantomime that first apparent during this pleasant chat to a charity of the League Managers Association last year, when Manchester United seemed to be in a state of extreme relaxation (clock 1min 29sec).

Without Berbatov Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Nani, Rooney, Park.Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Brown, Giggs, Smalling, Hernandez, Obertan.

Arsenal without Fabregas: Szczesny, Sagna, Squillaci, Koscielny, Clichy, Song, Rosicky, Wilshere, Nasri, Chamakh, Arshavin.Subs: Fabianski, Fabregas, van Persie, Walcott, Denilson, Djourou, Bendtner.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)


Good night. With neither team showing any great inclination to win the Premier League this season, tonight is set for potentially spicy at Old Trafford has as good chance as any for two of the main title contenders to grab a file by the neck and give them a good shake. Arsenal currently riding the Premier League but not so much like a colossus as the victim of a break-up point which is the entry into office of potato-peeling, after all his fellow recruits conspired to take a step back upon requested to "volunteer."

Ahead of Manchester City on goal difference with a game in hand, an Arsenal victory tonight would leave them three points ahead of a platoon of persecution. United must prevail, they are two points clear at the summit of the League, with an eminently winnable compromise-but-complicated, however, postponed on Bloomfield Road in handing title rivals.
tonight's game is the first United home from hammering nails in coffin seven newly fired Blackburn manager, Sam Allardyce, and the same eleven players who started the match are available for tonight Sir Alex Ferguson. However, Darren Fletcher could replace Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, while returns from injury and is fit to replace Anderson, a chief older, wiser and more experienced is required in central midfield.

For Arsenal, the reporter-the-minute nightmare Wojciech Szczesny can make his Premier League debut filling in for his countryman Lukasz Fabianski Polish, who is struggling with a leg injury, while Arsene Wenger will leave it late before deciding whether or not to risk his captain Cesc Fabregas, who continues to struggle with a hamstring injury. Sebastien Squillaci is likely to get the nod to partner Laurent Koscielny central defense in front of Johan Djourou, while Jack Wilshere and Tomas Rosicky are set to replace Robin van Persie and Denilson and side Arsenal, who beat Partizan Belgrade, the League Champions last week.

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