Arsenal Vs. Manchester United: Aaron Ramsey Gives Arsenal Lead

It's 1-0 Arsenal and that could be absolutely massive for the Premier League title race. Manchester United are now 1-0 down to the Gunners at the Emirates after Aaron Ramsey's first goal for Arsenal since his comeback from horrific injury, and what a huge goal that was. Robin van Persie motored down the Arsenal right, forced Patrice Evra onto his back foot, and rolled the ball to an onrushing Ramsey, who nutmegged Michael Carrick with a neat sidefooted shot that Edwin van der Sar had no chance of stopping. The veteran goalkeeper still hasn't made a save, by my reckoning.

It's interesting that the goal came immediately after a substitution from United, with Sir Alex Ferguson looking to take advantage of dodgy defending from Arsenal's fullbacks by introducing Antonio Valencia for Anderson and shifting Park Ji-Sung to the midfield. It was Park who ended up most at fault for the goal, too, as he failed to track Ramsey's run into the area. Weakening the central midfield seems, in retrospect, to be a huge mistake on Ferguson's part.