Arsenal Vs. Manchester United: Patrice Evra Prevents Opener With Last-Ditch Challenge

Brilliant play by Jack Wilshere, the midfielder almost carving open the Manchester United defence by surging through the left channel and sending a low driven pass through Rio Ferdinand's legs aimed towards Theo Walcott at the far post. Edwin van der Sar doesn't know whether to say or go, so he's totally out of the picture, and it takes a sliding intervention from Patrice Evra to deny Arsenal their opening goal, the French left back just about turning the ball behind for a corner.

So, it's Arsenal on the front foot at the moment, but they still haven't made their good work count by actually giving Edwin van der Sar some work to do. The longer this goes on, the more antsy the crowd at the Emirates will get. They're certainly unhappy right now after Chris Foy has denied Jack Wilshere a free kick on the edge of the box following a clumsy challenge by Nemanja Vidic - it probably wasn't a foul, though, unless being run into and dived over is getting called now