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BUKAYO SAKA left Arsenal team-mate Aaron Ramsdale stunned with his wonderstrike against Manchester United.The 21-year-old England star handed Arsenal a 2-1 lead in the 53rd minute after Marcus Rashford and Eddie Nketiah struck in the first half.

Saka sent a curling effort into the bottom left cornerCredit: Reuters
The 21-year-old copied Rashford’s signature celebrationCredit: AFP
Ramsdale was left stunned by Saka’s goalCredit: Sky Sports
Saka took on Man Utd’s Christian Eriksen, shifted the ball on to his favoured left foot and sent a curling effort into the bottom left corner from 25 yards out.
The Arsenal star then copied Three Lions team-mate Rashford’s signature celebration.
Gunners goalkeeper Rasmdale was left stunned by Saka’s belter.
Ramsdale let out a huge grin and put his hands on his head as if he was totally lost for words.
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But just like it didn’t take Arsenal long to equalise after Rashford’s opener, United swiftly hit back.
Lisandro Martinez put his head on the line to beat Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard to the ball first, and his effort looped into the back of Ramsdale’s net.
It took a late Nketiah instinct strike from close range to snatch a 3-2 win and all three points.
The Hale End academy product turned Odegaard’s on-target shot in.
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The win lifts Arsenal up on to 50 points, five ahead of defending champions Manchester City, and Mikel Arteta’s men have a game in hand.
Nketiah’s last gasp strike leaves United in fourth, but level on points with third-place Newcastle. More

ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta was BOOKED in the first half of Sunday’s massive Premier League clash with Manchester United after continuing his touchline theatrics.The animated Spaniard regularly fumes in his technical box when decisions aren’t going his team’s way.
Arteta regularly fumes on the touchlineCredit: Reuters
Taylor booked the Spaniard for his outburstCredit: Getty
His touchline antics have been heavily criticised but Arteta has defiantly refused to tone it down.
And in Sunday’s all-important clash with Man Utd, Arteta was contesting every decision.
After Luke Shaw pushed over Gunners No7 Bukayo Saka, Arteta got overly animated and was shown a yellow card by Anthony Taylor.
Ex-England international Matthew Upson believes Arteta is a talking point among referees.
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Upson told BBC Radio 5Live: “I wonder if Arteta’s activity on the touchline has been a talking point among the referees for the last few games. I wouldn’t be surprised.”He was unbelievable in the game against Newcastle and he went too far.

“They are trying to make a point of him needing to tone it down a bit.
“You can’t be that in the face of the officials – or anyone else, for that matter.”
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Arteta saw his Arsenal team fall behind in the first half through a Marcus Rashford wonderstrike.
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Eddie Nketiah did get the Gunners back on level terms shortly after, though.
The striker headed home from close range to send the game in at half-time level.
Bukayo Saka then handed Arsenal the lead shortly after the restart.
The 21-year-old sent a thumping effort low into the left corner of the goal.
But as Arsenal did to Man Utd in the first half with an instant response, the Red Devils did the same.
World Cup winner Lisandro Martinez equalised for the visitors, sending a looping headed effort over Gabriel.
Nketiah then snatched the 3-2 win and three points for Arsenal right at the death.
The striker turned in captain Martin Odegaard’s on-target strike.
Arsenal are now five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand over rivals Manchester City. More

SOON-TO-BE Arsenal player Jakub Kiwior and a woman thought to be his twerking champion fiancee have been spotted in the directors’ box for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Manchester United.Arsenal are on the verge of signing Polish defender Kiwior from Spezia for £17.5million.
Kiwior and a woman thought to be his fiancee were spotted in the directors box at ArsenalCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
The Pole is set to pen a long-term dealCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
Kiwior and a woman thought to be his fiancee were spotted in the directors box at ArsenalCredit: Instagram
The defender got engaged to Claudia Kowalczyk in 2021Credit: Instagram / @claudia.redheaded_babe
Claudia is a twerking championCredit: Instagram / @claudia.redheaded_babe
Claudia has over 40,000 followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram / @claudia.redheaded_babe
The 22-year-old is in England to put pen to paper on a long-term deal and is at the Emirates for the Gunners’ huge league clash with rivals Man Utd.
Kiwior, who is engaged to 30-year-old Claudia Kowalczyk, watched on as his team-mates-to-be battled it out in a bid to retain their commanding lead at the top of the table.

Erik ten Hag’s men took the lead through an excellent Marcus Rashford finish.
But it didn’t take Arsenal long to draw level with Eddie Nketiah heading home at the back post.
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Bukayo Saka got Arsenal off to an electric start in the second half.
The 21-year-old cut inside onto his left foot and fired in from range.
World Cup winner Lisandro Martinez then decided to get in on the act.
The Man Utd defender headed home with Gabriel failing to clear off the line.
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Nketiah then snatched a 3-2 win and the three points right at the death.
The Hale End academy product turned in captain Martin Odegaard’s on-target shot.
Like her soon-to-be hubby, Claudia has athletic prowess of her own.
The blonde beauty is a TWERKING champion.
Claudia was crowned Queen of Germany’s Twerk Competition in 2017.
And she was also a semi-finalist of the European Twerk Championships in 2018.
She regularly posts videos of herself in action to her 46,000 followers.
Going by the stage name “Redheaded”, Claudia also offers up twerking workshops.
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She travels all around Europe for her events, but has largely been based in Italy with her partner Kiwior.
Kiwior, who turned out for Poland last November-December at the World Cup, got down on one knee and popped the all-important question in late 2021. More

MIKEL ARTETA has revealed how Sir Alex Ferguson helped fire Arsenal’s title charge.The Gunners boss says he was inspired by Fergie’s “brutal honesty” when the Scottish legend was Manchester United manager.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has led the club to the top of the Premier LeagueCredit: Getty
He revealed that he was inspired by Sir Alex FergusonCredit: PA
Arsenal’s 8-2 humiliation at Old Trafford in 2011 even kick-started Arteta’s own Emirates career.
The Spaniard played for Everton and Arsenal when Fergie won five of his 13 Prem titles at United.
Arteta said: “What really captured me was his presence, his charisma and the way he talked. How honest and brutal he was about certain opinions he had about players and the game.
“I had a few conversations, not formally, but with people around him and it was more listening than talking.”
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Arteta joined the Gunners just three days after Arsene Wenger’s side were blitzed at Old Trafford on August 28, 2011 — their biggest loss to United.
He said:  “The circumstances are sometimes necessary for someone to be given the opportunity.
“Unfortunately it had to be the 8-2 because it was a big result.
“I don’t think it was just the result that got me here, but it probably helped. After that, the rest is history.”
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After working as Pep Guardiola’s No 2 at Manchester City, Arteta became Arsenal boss in December 2019, landing the FA Cup in his very first season.
Since then, he has shown Fergie-style ruthlessness in booting out big stars Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil from the Emirates.
And Arteta has transformed the Gunners into title challengers, with a five-point lead at the top ahead of today’s key clash with  United.
It will be the first time the Red Devils, revitalised by Dutch boss Erik ten Hag, have met Arsenal with so much at stake since the days of Fergie.
The two clubs shared seven Premier League trophies between them from 1998-2004 and the Scot riled his old rival, then Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, with his  2003 ‘squeaky bum time’ taunt.
And Arteta insists his side, boosted by the £21million signing of Brighton striker Leandro Trossard, have the style and steel of Wenger’s 2004 Invincibles.
He added: “Having those qualities, that balance in the squad is necessary.
“To have the mentality and capacity to control emotions required to play on the big stage is very necessary.
New signing Leandro Trossard could make his debut against Manchester UnitedCredit: Getty
“The physical aspect is necessary, too.
“Without that you cannot compete over 11 months in the conditions in which we work.
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“We haven’t been in a title race for many years.
“Words mean absolutely nothing, we have to do it on the pitch.” More