The game was in the balance, Manchester United pushing hard and threatening an equaliser for 2-2, Arsenal on their heels. Then, in an isolated raid forward by the home team, Granit Xhaka brought his left foot down like a sledgehammer and everything changed.
Bruno Fernandes had just missed a penalty for United. Now he was caught in possession on the edge of his own area by Mohamed Elneny, and when the ball was worked to Xhaka 25 yards out he had only one thing on his mind. The connection was impossibly sweet and the shot screamed past David de Gea.
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