Manchester United Data
European Cup · Semi-Final - 2nd Leg (agg 4-1)

Arsenal v Manchester United

1–3
Tuesday 5th May 2009 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 59,867

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3–1 at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday 5th May 2009 in the European Cup. Ji-Sung Park (8') and Cristiano Ronaldo (11', 61') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 8' Ji-Sung Park 0–1
  3. 11' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–2
  4. Half Time
  5. 61' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–3
  6. 65' Ryan Giggs for Anderson
  7. 65' Rafael da Silva for Evra
  8. 68' Dimitar Berbatov for Rooney
  9. 69' Samir Nasri
  10. 74' Darren Fletcher
  11. 76' Robin van Persie pen 1–3
  12. 81' Emmanuel Adebayor
  13. 86' Emmanuel Eboué
  14. Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Arsenal Lineup

Starting XI
1 Manuel Almunia G
3 Bacary Sagna RB
4 Cesc Fàbregas RCF
5 Kolo Touré CD-R
8 Samir Nasri RM
11 Robin van Persie AM-L ⚽
14 Theo Walcott AM-R
17 Alex Song LM
20 Johan Djourou CD-L
25 Emmanuel Adebayor F
40 Kieran Gibbs LB
Substitutes
2 Abou Diaby
12 Carlos Vela on
15 Denílson
18 Mikaël Silvestre
21 Lukasz Fabianski
26 Nicklas Bendtner on
27 Emmanuel Eboué on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Arsene Wenger
Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd Arsenal
42%
Possession
58%
12
Shots
13
9
Shots on Target
5
6
Corners
7
11
Fouls
20
4
Offsides
3
4
Saves
6

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 206 of 245
245
Played
100
Won
55
Drawn
90
Lost
368
Goals For
349
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 13th October 1894. After this match United had played Arsenal 206 times: 84W 45D 77L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 117663021 21110456.4
Away 117312165 14623026.5
Neutral 11344 111527.3
All 245 meetings with Arsenal →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →