Summary

  • Man Utd caretaker boss Carrick leaves club after win over Arsenal

  • Ronaldo scores twice, surpassing 800 career goals, to inspire Man Utd

  • Arsenal led early on amid VAR drama

  • Fred trod on De Gea, who went down, but Smith Rowe played on and scored

  • Fernandes equalised for hosts; Odegaard with Arsenal's other goal

  • Result: Tottenham 2-0 Brentford - Canos own goal, Son

  • Spurs up to sixth with win

  1. Postpublished at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    United can't deal with a simple long ball forward - Alex Telles is caught out - and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang runs onto it but his shot from a tight angle is palmed away by David de Gea.

  2. 'The players are showing me great desire'published at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    FT: Tottenham 2-0 Brentford

    Tottenham Hotspur

    Tottenham boss Antonio Conte, speaking to Amazon Prime: "It was a good performance against a dangerous team. You can see Brentford are working for many years with the same manager.

    "They are very dangerous at set-pieces so to keep a clean sheet is very important.

    "I'm happy because I have seen a great commitment and a good passion about the players. It's a good reaction [after last week]. In a loss you learn a lot but now we have to think about another Premier League game on Sunday.

    "The players are starting to understand my philosophy. With the ball we can do better but at the same time the second goal was really good.

    "The three points are good for the confidence. We have started on a new path. The players are showing me great desire to change the situation."

  3. Postpublished at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Takehiro Tomiyasu flies forward on the right - he looks a good player - but the Gunners attack doesn't really come to anything.

  4. Postpublished at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    I just realised five of United's XI will have Portuguese as a first language. Not sure what you'll do with that info, but there you go.

  5. Postpublished at 21:36 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Emile Smith Rowe almost has Diogo Dalot for pace but the United defender recovers to deny ESR a one on one.

  6. Postpublished at 21:35 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Martin Odegaard is the second Norwegian to score in a Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 1997 and 2001.

    Wonder what ever happened to him.

    Odegaard scoresImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to ever score 800 goals in high-level football.

    • 129 - Man Utd
    • 5 - Sporting Lisbon
    • 450 - Real Madrid
    • 101 - Juventus
    • 115 - Portugal
  8. Postpublished at 21:33 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Rob Green
    Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

    What a response. They responded well to going behind the first time. This is even better. Martinelli has provided a threat down the right all evening. He provides the cross into Odegaard. Ronaldo's finish was crisp and sharp. This one slightly shanked but it is accurate.

  9. Postpublished at 21:32 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Cristiano Ronaldo (60) surpasses Paul Scholes (59) in second place in the list of leading Premier League goalscorers at Old Trafford.

    Wayne Rooney (101) is top.

  10. Ronaldo's 800thpublished at 21:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-2 Arsenal

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    There was an air of inevitability about that from the moment Diogo Dalot played a reverse pass out to Marcus Rashford.

    The Arsenal defenders saw Ronaldo running into the box, they knew where he was going and what he would try to do.

    Stopping it happening is a different matter entirely.

  11. Postpublished at 21:30 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    FT: Tottenham 2-0 Brentford

    Antonio Conte's side started the night in ninth but move up to sixth spot. They have taken seven points out of nine under the Italian.

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    GOAL - Man Utd 2-2 Arsenalpublished at 21:29 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Martin Odegaard (54 mins)

    This game = a classic.

    Arsenal work the ball from left to right and Gabriel Martinelli whips in a cross to Martin Odegaard, who guides it into the bottom corner from 16 yards out.

    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cleverly left the ball go instead of trying to get a touch.

  13. Postpublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal

    It's good to measure yourself against the greats.

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    GOAL - Man Utd 2-1 Arsenalpublished at 21:27 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Cristiano Ronaldo (52 mins)

    Cristiano Ronaldo's 800th career goal.

    Arsenal lose the ball in midfield and United get it to Marcus Rashford on the right side of the box.

    He looks up and picks out Ronaldo, who shoots first time into the far bottom corner from about 10 yards out.

    Ronaldo scoresImage source, Getty Images
  15. Postpublished at 21:26 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal

    Four shots in the opening five minutes of the half.

  16. Postpublished at 21:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal

    Marcus Rashford skins Mohamed Elneny on the edge of the box but he's almost at the byeline and Aaron Ramsdale deals with his ball across the box.

    Now Rashford hammers one in from 25 yards, saved by Ramsdale.

  17. Postpublished at 21:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal

    Rob Green
    Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Two big saves early in this second half. The latest was Ramsdale spreading himself really well to stop Ronaldo. He steps inside on to his right foot and strikes it. Ramsdale wants to make himself big and manages to do so.

  18. Postpublished at 21:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal

    Both sides have a good chance in the opening couple of minutes. Cristiano Ronaldo runs onto Bruno Fernandes' through ball, cuts inside Thomas Partey and drives a shot in but Aaron Ramsdale makes himself big and saves with his thigh.

  19. 'Professional job'published at 21:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    FT: Tottenham 2-0 Brentford

    Glenn Murray
    Former Brighton striker on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It was a very professional performance from Spurs and they never really got out of second gear.

    Brentford lacked a cutting edge going forward.

  20. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2021

    Tottenham 2-0 Brentford

    From Europa Conference League embarrassment to three Premier League points. What a difference a week makes.