Benni McCarthy’s work visible

Benni McCarthy’s work visible as Man United beat Arsenal

Manchester United attackers came to the party as they helped the Red Devils beat Arsenal 3-1 in the league on Sunday evening.

Benni McCarthy’s work visible

Manchester United attackers came to the party as they helped the Red Devils beat Arsenal 3-1 in the league on Sunday evening.

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And in so doing, they showed that they are possibly starting to understand what Benni McCarthy expects from them in the final third.

McCarthy joined Erik ten Haag’s backroom staff in July with the mandate to coach Man United’s attackers.

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And Sunday’s crucial encounter against Arsenal proved that the decision is yielding results as Man United netted three goals on the day.

Arsenal were on the front foot early in the game and they had the ball into the back of the net after 12 minutes through Gabriel Martinelli.

However, the goal was ruled out for a foul that happened in the build-up to the ‘goal’ on Eriksen by Martin Odegaard.

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That proved to be a wake up call for Man United as they came to life and opened the scoring through new signing and winger Antony after 33 minutes.

And that’s how the first half ended, and Arsenal needed to respond in the second half and approach the game differently.

Arsenal did just that, and they got the equaliser on the hour-mark when Saka fired past David de Gea to make it 1-1.

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Man United retaliated and restored their lead through Marcus Rashford who latched onto a Bruno Fernandes’ pass before firing his team ahead.

Rashford completed his brace in the 75th minute, and this was the end of the game for Arsenal as Man United put the game to bed.

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