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By Martin Herman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Chilean-born Alexis Sanchez returned to his former club, Arsenal, when he opened the 3-1 mark at Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday.
On his first return to the Emirates Stadium since his departure for Old Trafford a year ago, Sanchez screams to boo against him, helping to maintain United's amazing start against Uli Gunnar Solchar.
Sanchez and Jesse Lengard opened the net in the first two minutes of the first half, before Pierre-Imrik Obamyang reduced the gap before the break and set the stage for the second half.
Arsenal was injured by Socrates Papastathopoulos and Laurent Kuselini, despite pressure from the team to equalize.
But United, who finished second to 12-time champion Arsenal, kept up the pressure and won the eighth consecutive victory for Solachar when Antony Marcial put the ball in the net after a counterattack in the 82nd minute.
This exciting match seemed to be tempered by the brawl between Manchester United striker Markus Rushford and Arsenal defender Siad Collashinets in the end before receiving a warning.
The quarrel saw a coin thrown from the crowd towards Lengard.
Former United striker, Solchar, arrived in the team in a difficult period after a poor performance by Jose Mourinho, who was sacked but the mood has changed.
"It's one of the toughest games we can play," said Solchar, who outperformed his legendary coach, Matt Bazby.
"Today, we have come out well, the team seemed to be united, today it was a big step forward."
"It's easy to be euphoric about the future, but we have to keep working and thinking about the next game."
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United went into the game with great confidence, especially after defeating Tottenham Hotspur two weeks ago.
Solchar said Friday's performance was another step forward after the team traveled to Tottenham and that his decision to rely on players with problems in the past was a source of inspiration.
Sanchez, who scored 60 goals in four and a half seasons with Arsenal, had a rare chance in the starting line against supporters singing to his name, while Romilo Lukako offered one of his best results to United.
Arsenal started strongly and United's goalkeeper Sergio Romero was more visible than his counterpart.
But Onai Imrei's defense was shaken in the 31st minute when Lukako sent a great pbad to put Sanchez in front of goalkeeper Peter Chuck Lirauga and shake the net gently.
Two minutes later, Luc Xu pbaded the ball to Lucaco on the right side during a counter-attack and the Belgian striker sent a deep pbad to Lengard, an unknown mark, to score the goal.
Arsenal were hoping to qualify at the end of the first half, thanks to a deep pbad from Aaron Ramsay to Alexander Lakazit, but he did not take the opportunity to reach Obamyang to put the ball in the first half. nets.
The first half of the match ended with a header from Shkodran Mustafa just past the goal and at the beginning of the second half Romero saved Kuselini's head.
Kuselini was injured after a head-on collision with Lukako's foot. After a long period of treatment, the French took off and his compatriot Mateo Algundosi took his place.
Messiouil Ozil, who does not depend on coach Emery, replaced Alex Ayoubi, but Arsenal's return hopes were shattered when Paul Boujba fired a powerful shot that left them wary of facing the road. Marcial, delighting United's fans with a third goal.
In another match, Bristol City beat the Bristol Bolton Wanderers 2-1.
(Reuters)
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