Man Utd 2 Arsenal 1

A bit overdue...

Denilson slid a pass through to Arshavin in the 40th min, and he found space between United's defence and midfield which Ferguson's team selection was supposed to prevent. Quickly Arshavin turned and let fly with a rasper of a drive. There was plenty of pace on the shot but Foster can only push it into the roof of the net.

The Gunners were in front and on top when Rooney went down under Manuel Almunia's challenge just before the hour mark. There was at least some contact this time but it was limited enough to leave Wenger gnashing his teeth, especially as Andrey Arshavin had been denied a stone-wall spot-kick earlier. Rooney sent Almunia the wrong way from the spot to equalise.

In the 64th min, United got their second. In truth, Giggs' free-kick would not have threatened Almunia if Diaby had not stuck his head on it and deflected it straight into the corner of his own goal.