Well, here comes my two cents on the matter. Man Utd fortunate to get the win, Arsenal were imo the better side and controlled the match for the most part, but as I said in another thread, you make your own luck, so credit where credit is due. However, this was not a title winning performance, the penalty arguably should not have been given, yes there was contact, but Rooney was already going down before Almunia touched him, which for mine makes this no different to the way Eduardo went down midweek, of course there will be no media backlash over this incident, because he is English and plays for Man Utd. Furthermore, the ball was kicked out of play by Rooney and he was clearly never catching up with it, so to see it given a pen irks me, but that's more an annoyance at the rules rather than the referee. The own goal was stupid, and could have occured at any time, just a shame that it occured against Man Utd and with the scores at 1-1. Otherwise I thought Arsenal defended very well, and did not look at all troubled until they were hurling men forward at the very end of the match, but again Arsenal were undone by a lack of cutting edge up front, with 15 minutes to go and a goal down, they created no real chances, and it's not a great surprise that they didn't score. Fair play to Man Utd to taking advantage when the opportunities presented themselves, but I can't help but get the feeling that against a better side they wouldn't have gotten away with it so easily.
