This Garnacho disallowed goal for Manchester United showed how thin the margins are in modern footy, with the drawn offside line having the Argentine offside by millimetres. Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes steps back just as the pass is played- you can see him in the picture below, and VAR, after taking a long look, decided that Garnacho was offside. A goal for him would’ve put Man United 2-1 ahead- MUFC end up losing 3-1 instead.
Manchester United
xG Arsenal Man Utd September 2023 Attendance 60,192 Havertz Saka chances | Expected Goals Stats AFC 3-1 MU
Here is a look at the xG stats from Arsenal vs Manchester United (Crowd attendance of 60,192 at the Emirates Stadium on 3 September, 2022). A deserved win for Arsenal- they dominated most aspects of the game, but needed two goals in second half stoppage time. United also had a late Garnacho goal disallowed for a very marginal offside.
xG Arsenal 1.98-0.55 Manchester United shots map (Actual score ARS 2-1 MUN)
0-1 27′ Rashford goal vs Arsenal xG 0.08
1-1 28′ Odegaard goal vs Manchester United xG 0.12
2-1 90+6′ Rice goal vs Man Utd xG 0.06
3-1 90+11′ Jesus goal vs Manchester United xG 0.61
13th minute Kai Havertz chance vs Manchester United xG 0.28
81st minute Saka chance vs Manchester United xG 0.34
The result left MUFC 11th in the table after GW4
Arsenal vs Man U 3-1 Match Stats for comparison
(AFC stats on left; MUN on right)
Video Danilo foul on Rashford incident for Controversial Bruno Fernandes penalty vs Nottingham Forest 2023
This Danilo vs Rashford incident (VIDEO BELOW) was a controversial moment from Manchester United’s clash against Nottingham Forest. With the scores tied at 2-2 and Forest down to ten men after a red card to Joe Worrall, this Danilo vs Rashford incident was deemed to be a foul and a penalty was awarded to United, which Bruno converted.
Some pundits felt that it was a legit foul on Rashford by Danilo; others thought Rashford dived.