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United Stop Arsenal From Returning To Top Of The Table

 

Arsenal squandered an opportunity to return to the Premier League summit after drawing 0-0 with Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.

Both teams had suffered damaging results at the weekend, Arsenal crashing 5-1 at Liverpool and United drawing 2-2 at home to bottom club Fulham, and the tentativeness on either side made for a game of only sporadic excitement.

Robin van Persie came closest to scoring for United, spurning an excellent early chance and later hitting the crossbar with a header, while Arsenal centre-back Laurent Koscielny had a header cleared of the line.

Arsenal would have gone top with victory, but the draw left Arsene Wenger’s side a point behind Chelsea in second place.

For United it was another missed opportunity to make up ground on the teams in the Champions League places, ahead of a mid-season trip to Dubai when they will gird their loins for a high-stakes run-in.