2 Premier league: Manchester United stay in touch with City with 2-1 victory over Arsenal FC

Manchester United doubles win Arsenal vs Manchester encounters

Manchester United stayed closer to Manchester City with 2-1 win over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. Goal from Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck were enough to see off Arsenal and restore 3 points gap with Premier league leaders. Premier league top scorer,  Robin van Persie scored his 18 premier league goal of the season but was not enough to stop Sir Alex Ferguson club. The gunners lost to United 8-2 in the first round Arsenal vs Manchester United encounter. Earlier Manchester City grabbed a 3-2  late minute win over Tottenham.

Van Persie joined Torres in this week crucial goal miss
Van Persie joined in Torres miss drama this week. Chris Smalling fell down allowed Tomas Rosicky  to snatch the ball and presented Van Persie with goal scoring opportunity, he hit the ball with left foot just ten yards in front of the gaping goal but surprisingly the ball went wide and it his Van Persie miss. What a miss for top striker!!

Arsenal FC vs Manchester United goals summary
Antonio Valencia 0-1 (45')
Robin Van Persie 1-1 (71')
Danny Welbeck 1-2 (81')
Arsenal vs Manchester United video highlights

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Arsenal FC starting lineup and subs:  Wojciech Szczęsny, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, , Johan Djourou (Nicholas Yennaris), Tomas Rosicky, Alex Song, Robin Van Persie, Aaron Ramsey (Park Chu-Young), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Andrei Arshavin) and Theo Walcott.

Manchester United starting lineup and subs:  Anders Lindegaard, Jonathan Evans, Chris Smalling, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones (Rafael - Park Ji-Sung), Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Nani (Paul Scholes), Antonio Valencia, Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney.

0 Champions league: Chelsea FC beat Valencia to top group E, Marseille later show see them through video highlights

Chelsea FC avoided being knocked out at Champions league group stage for the first time in history by beating Valenci 3-0 thanks to Drogba's goals on either side of Ramirez's.

Chelsea vs Valencia Video highlights (3-0)
szólj hozzá: Chelsea 3-0 Valencia

In another game, Marseille late show against Borussia Dortmund paid as they scored two later goals to come from 2-1 down to win 3-2 and book a place in champions league knock-out stage.

Borussia Dortmund vs Marseille Video highlights (2-3)
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2 Tom Cleverley score for Manchester United vs Valencia Video Highlights

Tom Cleverley score for Manchester United in a friendly match with Valencia. Antonio Valencia impress United fans and score against his name sake team.
The teenager striker who can also play as a defencer was snapped by United from Bradford City in 2005 is expected to turn 20 on August 12th. He was then loaned to Leicester City in January 2009 transfer.