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Louie Chandler

The reason Manchester United were not awarded penalty vs Arsenal despite Cedric Soares handball

Arsenal took on Manchester United at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon in another huge clash in the race for the top-four. A 4-2 victory for the Gunners against Chelsea brought them back into the running and level on points with Tottenham.

Another victory against Ralf Rangnick's men would take them above their arch-rivals, at least until the evening when Antonio Conte and co. take on Brentford. Goals from Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka fired them into a commanding position midway through the second half on Saturday, helping them to a 3-1 win.

But with the score at 2-0 in the first half, Manchester United looked as if they were about to be awarded a stonewall penalty. As Cedric Soares attempted to usher the ball out of the play under the attentions of Jadon Sancho, the right-back stumbled to the ground and diverted the ball out of the way with his arm.

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