Premiership · Matchday 11

Arsenal v Manchester United

2–1

Saturday 8th November 2008 · Emirates Stadium · Att: 60,106

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday 8th November 2008 in the Premiership. Rafael da Silva (90') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
22' Samir Nasri 1–0
27' William Gallas
38' Patrice Evra
40' Bacary Sagna
Half Time
48' Samir Nasri 2–0
51' Gaël Clichy
63' Rafael da Silva for G.Neville
66' Michael Carrick
72' Ryan Giggs for Anderson
77' Carlos Tevez for Rooney
90' Rafael da Silva 2–1
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

Substitutes

63' for G.Neville

90'

Ryan Giggs

72' for Anderson

Carlos Tevez

77' for Rooney

Arsenal Lineup

Starting XI

1 Manuel Almunia G

2 Abou Diaby RCF

3 Bacary Sagna RB

4 Cesc Fàbregas CM-R

8 Samir Nasri LM ⚽⚽

10 William Gallas CD-R

14 Theo Walcott RM

15 Denílson CM-L

18 Mikaël Silvestre CD-L

22 Gaël Clichy LB

26 Nicklas Bendtner F

Substitutes

5 Kolo Touré on

12 Carlos Vela

16 Aaron Ramsey

17 Alex Song on

19 Jack Wilshere

20 Johan Djourou

21 Lukasz Fabianski on

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Arsene Wenger

Arsenal

Match Information

Man Utd Arsenal

54%

Possession

46%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Arsenal History

Meeting 204 of 245

245

Played

100

Won

Drawn

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 204 times: 82W 45D 77L.

3 Nov 2007 D 2–2 PL 16 Feb 2008 W 4–0 FAC 13 Apr 2008 W 2–1 PL

8 Nov 2008 L 1–2 This match

29 Apr 2009 W 1–0 EC 5 May 2009 W 3–1 EC 16 May 2009 D 0–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	117	66	30	21	211	104	56.4
Away	117	31	21	65	146	230	26.5
Neutral	11	3	4	4	11	15	27.3

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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 →