Late drama as Rice, Jesus help Arsenal beat Man Utd at Emirates

Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus scored late for Arsenal as they secured a 3-1 victory over Manchester United in a Premier League encounter at the Emirates Stadium.

Both players scored in stoppage time to settle the battle after both sides had stayed 1-1 from the 28th minute of the game.

Arsenal had a penalty ruled out by VAR and United had a goal disallowed for offside by VAR.

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United had taken the lead in the 27th minute through Marcus Rashford before captain Martin Odegaard sent an emphatic finish into the bottom corner a minute after.

United saw celebrations cut short with two minutes left when substitute Garnacho raced clear to score, but the VAR ruled he was just offside.

Then the drama moved to the Gunners as they scored two goals inside stoppage time to carry the day.

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