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Your support makes all the difference.After Arsenal snatched a point against Manchester United with Olivier Giroud's late header and Liverpool were held at Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur entertain West Ham United. Follow it live here.
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Results from the last round of fixtures
Bournemouth 1 Sunderland 2
Burnley 3 Crystal Palace 2
Manchester City 1 Middlesbrough 1
West Ham 1 Stoke 1
Chelsea 5 Everton 0
Arsenal 1 Tottenham 1
Hull 2 Southampton 1
Liverpool 6 Watford 1
Swansea 1 Manchester United 3
Leicester 1 West Bromwich 2
29 MINS
Mata delivers a corner into the path of Rojo, but Arsenal clear the danger. Well, as far as Herrera on the edge of the box, but he wastes the opportunity and sends a strike way over the target. He should have done better there.
32 MINS
Darmian receives his last warning, after he takes down Jenkinson, whilst already carrying a yellow card.
35 MINS
A huge penalty shout roars around Old Trafford, as Monreal appears to take down Valencia inside of the box.
Following replays, it appears that it was little more than clumsy from the Spanish defender.
37 MINS
Mata gives Cech his first real test of the fixture so far, as he fires a left footed strike from distance. The Arsenal keeper springs to the far post and paw's the ball out for a corner. Great strike, but even better save.
United look lethal going forward.
39 MINS
Elneny goes for goal from distance, and it pretty much sums up Arsenal's display so far. It fails to test De Gea and drifts over the bar.
41 MINS
A mistake from Ramsey invites pressure for his side on the edge of the box, and following a string of passes from United, Martial pulls the trigger.
It's a good strike, but again, Cech is there to save the day. He leaps up and parries the ball out for a corner kick.
It's sloppy from Wenger's men at the back, they certainly are walking on very thin ice at the moment. Half time can not come quick enough for the visitors.
44 MINS
An attack from The Gunners fizzles out, and Rashford picks up and possession and once again, charges into the Arsenal half. He beats two, but the attack comes to an end with a fantastic sliding challenge from Coquelin.
HALF TIME
It's been a slow start for the visitors who have failed to find their feet for the first half of this bout. They look although they need an injection of energy and a reminder of the importance of this fixture. Sanchez looks on form, but he's not receiving the service that he requires to make an impact so he's being forced to come back and hunt for possession himself.
However, United have done well and the pace of their attacks appears to be unsettling the Arsenal defence. They look dangerous on the counter attack and began to really test the ability of Cech towards the end of that half. They will be hoping to carry this momentum into the second half.
The main talking point of this half so far is the penalty call for United. Monreal does have an arm raised, but whether it is obstructing Valencia enough to bring him to the ground is questionable. No doubt Mourinho will have a few things to say about this.
There will be two very different team talks during this break.
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