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Man United’s Rashford, Antony End Arsenal’s Unbeaten Run In Old Trafford Thriller

Marcus Rashford scored a brace while debutant Antony got the other as Manchester United defeated a spirited Arsenal side 3-1 at Old Trafford to end the five-match unbeaten run of the Gunners.

Gabriel Martinelli scored a disallowed goal as the VAR deemed Martin Odegaard to have fouled Christian Eriksen in the buildup.

Antony opened the account for the Red Devils but Bukayo Saka on the eve of his 21st birthday restored parity for Arsenal.

United regained their lead in the 66th minute when Bruno Fernandes found Rashford with a through-ball and the England striker beat the advancing Aaron Ramsdale for his first goal against Arsenal since his debut goal against same opponents in February 2016.

The Gunners fell prey to a blistering counter that led to United’s Christian Erkisen breaking clear and slipping the ball across to Rashford for the back breaking goal.

Arsenal’s next Premier League game is against Everton after their Europa League commitment on Thursday against PSV Eindhoven.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.