{"id":62482,"date":"2025-03-10T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62482"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:42:16","slug":"rice-rescues-arsenal-as-old-trafford-battle-ends-in-stalemate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/10\/rice-rescues-arsenal-as-old-trafford-battle-ends-in-stalemate\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice Rescues Arsenal as Old Trafford Battle Ends in Stalemate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice\u2019s late strike salvaged a crucial point for Arsenal at Old Trafford, but the 1-1 draw against Manchester United did little to aid their fading Premier League title chase.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal started brightly, controlling possession but failing to break down a struggling United side.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts, under pressure to perform, took the lead just before halftime when Bruno Fernandes curled in a stunning 25-yard free-kick, leaving David Raya helpless.<\/p>\n<p>Raya, however, redeemed himself in the second half with a string of saves, keeping Arsenal in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>With 16 minutes left, a defensive lapse gifted Rice the opportunity, and the midfielder fired a thunderous shot past Andre Onana to equalize.<\/p>\n<p>Despite dominating possession (68.2%), Arsenal\u2019s attacking struggles were evident, managing just six shots on target from 17 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Their inability to convert chances left them 15 points adrift of leaders Liverpool, with Champions League qualification now their primary focus.<\/p>\n<p>For United, Fernandes\u2019 brilliance remains a rare bright spot in an otherwise inconsistent campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim\u2019s side showed resilience in the second half, but their lack of attacking threat continues to raise concerns.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, a game of missed opportunities saw both teams settle for a point, leaving Arsenal frustrated and United searching for answers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Declan Rice\u2019s late strike salvaged a crucial point for Arsenal at Old Trafford, but the 1-1 draw against Manchester United did little to aid their fading Premier League title chase. Arsenal started brightly, controlling possession but failing to break down a struggling United side. The hosts, under pressure to perform, took the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62484,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62482\/revisions\/62484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}