Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 5 May 2009

Result

Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United

Champions League · Tuesday 5 May 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 May 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Park Ji-Sung opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Robin van Persie (76', penalty). Manchester United scored through Park Ji-Sung (8'), Cristiano Ronaldo (11') and Cristiano Ronaldo (61').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 25 points from 13 and Manchester United 5th on 21 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-D-D-W and Manchester United's W-W-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Park Ji-SungManchester United · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-3
  • 69'Yellow card · Samir NasriArsenal
  • 75'Red card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 76'Penalty goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal
  • 86'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 1, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Adebayor

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs