Manchester United vs Arsenal: Spoils shared after Jesse Lingard equaliser
Re-live the action from Old Trafford
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United and Arsenal played out a rip-roaring draw as Jose Mourinho's men twice responded to freakish goals and secured a share of the spoils against Unai Emery's side.
Neither Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger were involved in the fixture for the first time since 1986, but the former was in the stands for an encounter as entertaining as some of the memorable clashes during their Premier League duopoly.
Anthony Martial levelled shortly after David De Gea's uncharacteristic mistake saw Shkodran Mustafi open the scoring in the first half at Old Trafford, where Jesse Lingard secured a 2-2 draw just 75 seconds after substitute Alexandre Lacazette squeezed Arsenal back into the lead.
It was a frantic, and at times feisty, encounter at Old Trafford, which saw Emery's Arsenal rack up a 20th unbeaten game in all competitions as another winless league match leaves United off the pace in the top-four hunt.
Re-live the action below:
A commendable point away from home for Newcastle, holding Everton 1-1 at Goodison Park. Salomon Rondon's early strike was canceled out by Richarlison's leveller before half time.
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal, 83 minutes
Jose Mourinho is getting increasingly infuriated, marching from the bench to the technical area and back.He apologises to a child in the crowd after spooking him with a rather violent kick of a wall.
Unai Emery is playing his part, too. Plenty of shouting and hand gestures as the rain falls in Manchester.
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal, 85 minutes
It feels like Lucas Torreira has committed about seven different bookable offences this evening, but the diminutive destroyer has only just gone into Andre Marriner's book.
Marouane Fellaini is pushed further forward.
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal, 89 minutes
Interesting...
David De Gea is nonchalantly holding the ball in one hand, directing traffic ahead of him, and Alexandre Lacazette nods it out of the Spaniard's grasp.
The French striker slots into the empty net, but Andre Marriner says no goal.
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal, 90 minutes
What a finish from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but he's offside!
David De Gea makes a superb save from Lucas Torreira's powerful shot, parrying it to Mkhitaryan, who had fed Torreira from the byline.
He crisply volleys in from the tightest of angles but is clearly offside.
Four added minutes.
Full time at Wembley. A comfortable home win for Spurs, who may well have gone third. A late Southampton consolation from Charlie Austin the only blemish in a 3-1 victory.
That's that at Old Trafford. 2-2. It was a scrappy affair, with Arsenal twice taking the lead and Manchester United producing near-instantaneous replies. Wet and a little bit wild - a draw.
FULL TIME SCORES
Burnley 1-3 Liverpool
Everton 1-1 Newcastle
Fulham 1-1 Leicester
Wolves 2-1 Chelsea
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal
Tottenham 3-1 Southampton
That's all from us here tonight. Stay tuned to The Independent for reaction, analysis and more to all of tonight's footballing action.
I've been Harry Latham-Coyle - thank you for joining me this evening.
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