Arsenal corners United to close gap at the top
China DailyArsenal's Jurrien Timber celebrates scoring his team's first goal in a 2-0 win over Manchester United in an English Premier League match on Wednesday. REUTERS LONDON — Jurrien Timber and William Saliba scored from corners to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory over Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, cutting the gap with Premier League leader Liverpool and ending Ruben Amorim's unbeaten start. The Gunners threatened from set pieces, but little else, in a strangely subdued first half, with Thomas Partey unable to direct a dangerous Declan Rice corner into the net that the injured defender Gabriel may well have converted. Amorim's first loss as United manager — and his first league defeat since his former club Sporting was beaten by Vitoria de Guimaraes in December, 2023 — left it 11th on 19 points.