All three goals came in the opening 19 minutes of the match as Arsenal leapfrog United into second.
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Per Mertesacker has described Arsenal’s win over Manchester United on Sunday as “special”, as per the club’s official website.
The 26-year-old victor has now provided and scored in the same game for the fourth time in his Arsenal career.
You can, though, talk about what United can still achieve this season, even after those 20 miserable minutes against Arsenal. And if they can manage to do that they can be Premier League title contenders.
“You don’t expect it – we are top of the league, we have won all our last four matches and we have to protect our position”.
United nearly netted just before the break, but Petr Cech, recalled in the Arsenal goal at the expense of David Ospina, made a superb block with his legs to keep out an Anthony Martial shot. We’re pleased that he’s back with his energy, with his enthusiasm and you can see that he feels confident and with performances like that, it’s great for the team. We have prepared ourselves to play more compact and not losing our aggression.
In his weekly blog, the diminutive playmaker criticized his side’s lackluster start to the game and said that United need to learn their lesson as soon as possible if they are to win top honors.
Van Gaal saw his side fall behind 2-0 in the first seven minutes, and 3-0 in the first 20.
Sanchez has now scored six goals in three games and the Chilean’s latest endeavours helped Arsenal recover from the shock of their 3-2 home defeat by Olympiakos in the Champions League last Tuesday. The players are in an emotional moment because we have lost.
“You cannot start like we have started”, said the Dutchman, whose side visit Everton in their next league game on October 17. I am very disappointed. They’re a super-talented team with a character flaw because they’ll always throw in a dodgy or very poor performance.
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It would be a huge blow for the Gunners if Sanchez was to aggravate the groin problem and make it worse while away on worldwide duty as they have a key run of games coming up and he’s obviously a key player for them. You can not solve that now – a lot of emotion and I am emotional as well.
