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Nketiah strikes at death to earn Arsenal huge win

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Eddie Nketiah flicked home a late winner as Arsenal beat Manchester United in a five-goal thriller to keep their Premier League title tilt in full swing.FULL MATCH DETAILSThe striker has been in fine form since replacing the injured Gabriel Jesus and has now scored seven goals in as many games, including Sunday's last-gasp effort which secured a 3-2 win over their old rivals at the Emirates Stadium.Marcus Rashford continued his own fine run of form with a stunning opener for United which was cancelled out by Nketiah before Bukayo Saka's own top-drawer finish had Arsenal ahead.Lisandro Martinez, an Arsenal target last summer, then levelled for United following some poor defending but Nketiah would turn home a wayward Martin Odegaard shot to secure a memorable win.Having seen an eight-point lead at the summit cut to just two following back-to-back victories for Manchester City since Arsenal's win at Tottenham, Mikel Arteta's side delivered when the pressure was on.United are the only side to beat the Gunners in the Premier League this season and made a good start in their bid to repeat September's Old Trafford win.They had an early penalty shout turned down as Bruno Fernandes was challenged by Aaron Ramsdale, the VAR's swift check backing up referee Anthony Taylor's call to wave away appeals, but were nevertheless celebrating the lead in the 17th minute.Thomas Partey uncharacteristically lost possession cheaply before Rashford skipped past him and arrowed in a fine low finish.Arsenal, showing the sort of response of any side with title ambitions, bounced back soon after as Nketiah nodded home a Granit Xhaka cross after losing Aaron Wan-Bissaka far too easily.The game opened up from that point, Scott McTominay - in for the

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