Wayne Rooney showed today why he and England will be a top favorite going into the summer World Cup, while exposing the young Gunners major problems yet again.In the match of the weekend between the second place Red Devils and third place Gunners, Manchester United showed why it is still a top heavyweight in the footballing world despite the offseason sale of the world's best player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Needing to get all three points to keep pace with the premiership's top club Chelsea, who dispatched of Burnley just a day earlier 2-1 on John Terry's header (as previously mentioned), Nanni and Rooney were at the heart of an enormous win on the road in north London.
Nanni put United on the board late in the first half with a brilliant chip that goalkeeper Manuel Almunia slightly deflected into his own net while trying to tip over the crossbar. The Spaniard Almunia has been a major question mark for Arsenal ever since overtaking the duties of then German No. 1 Jens Lehman, playing well at times, but again failing on the biggest of stages last night.
Nanni then hooked up with Rooney just before the end of the half on a blazing quick counter attack that started in the Man U goal area. Taking the ball in his own end of a feed from Rooney, Nanni's pace stretched the Arsenal defense thin. Nanni then returned the ball to Rooney, who made a bursting run down the middle of the field, and hit the ball on a dead sprint one-time for a sensational finish into the left netting - a truly remarkable show of world class skill and grand way to celebrate his 100th premier league goal. Park Ji Sung then finished Arsenal with a third goal early in the second half, negating any chance of a dream come back for the Gunners. See the highlights in this youtube clip. http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTN_afmaRks
A goal from Thomas Vermaelen just over 10 minutes from time was little consolation to the home supporters, who left disappointed after the Gunners dropped points for the second straight game and slipped into third place in the EPL standings five points behind leaders Chelsea and four points behind Man U.
Goal of the weekend
Alvaro Negredo provided the goal of the weekend for fourth place Sevilla in a terrific win
2-1 over third place Valencia in the Spanish La Liga action. The Argentine scored both goals, but the second was truly a piece of magic taking a beautiful feed then beating the Valencia keeper with a perfectly placed chip into the right upper netting. See the youtube link for highlights. The second Negredo goal occurs at the 2:30 mark. http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlfIdlr699k
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