Mohamed Elneny has claimed that Arsenal knew that they would beat Manchester United before their match yesterday.
The Gunners hadn’t won at Old Trafford for 14 years before a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty secured all the points for them against Ole Gunnar Solkjaer’s side.
The Gunners had lost back to back league games against Manchester City and Leicester City, so the pressure was on them to get a result from the match.
Manchester United, on the other hand, had beaten RB Leipzig 5-0 in the Champions League last week.
The Red Devils were favourites to win the game after also beating PSG. But Arsenal stayed in shape and frustrated their host for much of the game.
The Gunners eventually got the breakthrough when Paul Pogba fouled Hector Bellerin for a penalty which Aubameyang dispatched very well.
Elneny has now revealed that they knew they would win and they gave it their best shot.
‘It feels really amazing, I feel really happy,’ said Elneny, who impressed alongside Thomas Partey in midfield via Mail Online. ‘It is special to win against Manchester United here.
‘We know it is a long time since we won here. We gave 100 per cent and everyone worked really hard for it.
‘We know how special it is for us, that’s why we gave everything to win this game.
‘No [we weren’t concerned about not scoring in the first half] because we spoke and said we have to keep on our game, even if we miss.
‘We knew we were going to score because our shape was really good today and everyone just gave 100%. ‘We created more chances to score. But we didn’t worry, we knew we were going to win this game.’
Course we did. We all knew it. ☺
BRAVOOOOOOOO😁😁😁😁!!!
GREAT GAME , FANTASTIC WIN!!!
THE TEMPO WAS REALLY HIGH YESTERDAY. KEEP THAT TEMPO GUYS
EPL IS WON TILL THE LAST 38 GAMES IS PLAYED. LACA MUST BE CLINICAL IN FRONT OF GOAL. GOOD WORK FROM: TIERNEY, GABY, PARTEY, MO & LENO . GREAT WORK FROM ALL THE SQUAD. KUDOS TO ARTETA & HIS STAFF
Elnenny is the new midfield partner of Thomas Partey looking forward for those two maintain our play in Arteta’s Era.
Well done guys, infact I appreciate you guys, I can stand up and talk now as a gunner fan, thank you
This guy ELNENY is growing in status both on and off the pitch.
However lucky we were that the club made the dec send him out on loan and then brought him back.
TMJW’S article was seeing it as it is and we do have a liitle, late blossoming, Arsenal gem on our books.