Chronicle EditorMANCHESTER. — His team had been sucker-punched by Arsenal, but Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho could not resist one last dig at his opposite number Arsene Wenger.”Finally, I lost against Arsene,” Mourinho declared as he left the Old Trafford press conference room following a 1-1 draw he said felt “like a defeat” on Saturday.
“Finally, I lost against Arsenal.”
Saturday’s result in fact extended Mourinho’s unbeaten run against Wenger’s Arsenal to 12 league games, but that was of little consolation after a contest United dominated.Juan Mata gave them a deserved 69th-minute lead, but with a minute to go, substitute Olivier Giroud headed in an equaliser with Arsenal’s first effort on target.It has become a recurring theme for United, who have drawn three consecutive home games in the league for the first time since April 1992.Maddeningly, in those three games – a 0-0 stalemate with Burnley and 1-1 draws against Stoke City and Arsenal – they have had a total of 74 attempts at goal to their opponents’ 19. — AFP
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