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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Cristiano Ronaldo's gesture to Mikel Arteta after Arsenal were awarded a penalty vs Man United

Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-1 at the weekend as goals from Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka was enough to avenge the defeat at Old Trafford in the reverse meeting earlier in the season.

On that night, Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero as it was his penalty that ultimately separated the two sides. But it wasn't to be the Portugal superstar's afternoon on his first return to the Emirates Stadium in almost 13 years - and that's despite achieving a personal landmark of joining the 100-goal Premier League club.

The 37-year-old was denied goal number 101 in the second half by the slightest of margins as he had an effort ruled out for offside and, somewhat surprisingly, declined to take the penalty from which Bruno Fernandes missed that could have brought the visitors level.

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