After a day of drama in the Premier League, our New Year's Day coverage concludes with the main event: Arsenal versus Manchester United. Gone are the days when this fixture was momentous - the reverse fixture, a 1-1 draw, in September was a damp squib. Today, Arsenal are in danger of being sucked into a relegation battle and have won just one of their last 12 league games, while United are fairing better but struggling for consistency. Team news in a moment, kick-off is an hour away.

Premier League / Matchday 21

Emirates Stadium / 01.01.2020

Arsenal

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Manchester United

N. Pépé(8')
S. Papastathopoulos(42')

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ByDan Quarrell

Updated 01/01/2020 at 21:53 GMT

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End of 2nd Half

Full-time: Mikel Arteta wins his first match as Arsenal manager, goals by Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos proving the difference. It is well deserved.

90'+4

Oh dear. That sums up United's night. Fred balloons his free-kick high into the stands.

90'+3

Save! Leno makes a fantastic save to deny Rashford from point-blank range.

90'

There will be FOUR minutes of added time to play.

88'

Aubameyang races down the left as Arsenal break with menace. There is only Nelson in support and the forward gets too much zip on his through-ball.

87'

Fred's deflected shot wins United a corner. It's dealt with well by the Arsenal defence though.

85'

Into the last five minutes and Arsenal are holding their nerve. They're so close to a much needed win that would lift them back into the top 10.

82'

Arsenal sub: Lacazette is replaced by Matteo Guendouzi and receives a hug from his manager.

M. Guendouzi

Arsenal

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A. Lacazette

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On target1

Fouls1

Fouls against4

Wide2

81'

United sub: Juan Mata replaces Matic in Solskjaer's last throw of the dice.

J. Mata

Manchester United

Off

N. Matic

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Fouls1

Free Kicks2

80'

Lacazette has a shot blocked and appears to have hurt himself in the process. He should be fit to continue, though.

79'

The enthusiastic Saka races forward on the counter-attack and United invite him to shoot. Shoot he does but it's straight down the throat of de Gea.

78'

That's better by Arsenal! Xhaka does well to hold onto possession, finding Aubameyang who in turn feeds Lacazette, but the Frenchman's shot is over the bar.

75'

Ah, such a waste! Ozil works tirelessly to beat Wan-Bissaka to the ball on the left and, anticipating the run of Lacazette, plays a forward pass. However, the Frenchman hadn't made the move and it runs through to de Gea.

73'

Shot! Greenwood cuts in from the right flank but doesn't get the angle with a shot from 25 yards and it's an easy save for Leno.

71'

Arsenal have stopped playing and it's United who are dominating possession now. They have ran out of steam once more, it seems. Arteta will be praying it doesn't prove costly like it did against Chelsea.

70'

No penalty! Wan-Bissaka goes down theatrically inside the box under the challenge of Aubameyang but there's nothing doing from the referee.

69'

Arsenal sub: Kolasinac, who has been excellent down Arsenal's left, limps off with an ankle injury and is replaced by Saka.