Greenwood brace lifts United; Arsenal rally to hold Fulham
Manchester United moved within eight points of Premier League leaders Manchester City as Mason Greenwood’s double inspired a 3-1 win over Burnley, while Eddie Nketiah’s last-gasp goal gave Arsenal a 1-1 draw against struggling Fulham on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are unlikely to catch City, but Greenwood’s late winner puts a little pressure on their bitter rivals with six games left. Greenwood had opened the scoring early in the second half at Old Trafford before James Tarkowski equalised.
Greenwood’s second made him the joint-top scoring teenager in Premier League history for United, level with Wayne Rooney on 15 goals.
Edinson Cavani grabbed the third goal in stoppage-time as second placed United won six consecutive Premier League games for the first time since January 2019.
Although they have probably left it too late to overhaul City, United are on course for a second place finish and could still win the first silverware of Solskjaer’s reign.
They face Roma in the Europa League semi-finals after easing past Granada in the quarterfinal second leg on Thursday.
United were beaten in three of their opening six league matches this season but have lost only one of their subsequent 26.
Arsenal were seconds away from a first ever home defeat against Fulham as they laboured to find a response to Josh Maja’s second half penalty.
But Nketiah’s leveller pushed Fulham closer to relegation deep into stoppage-time.
It was a major setback for third bottom Fulham, who are six points from safety and have just five games left to beat the drop.
Fifth bottom Brighton travel to Chelsea on Tuesday and, like fourth bottom Burnley, will still have a game in hand on Fulham after that match.
“I’m disappointed and gutted,” Fulham boss Scott Parker said. “I’ve just seen their goal back. Rob Holding looks offside to me.—