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Ji-sung goal puts United on top

Manchester United became leaders of the Premier League while once again raising doubts about the capacity of Arsenal to meet the great challenges. The Gunners showed polish, but Sir Alex Ferguson's side had an insistence that was not answered. Wayne Rooney might have extended their lead but he wasted a penalty and had a shot well-saved. Arsenal are still not quite as combative as had been suggested beforehand.

Ferguson spoke with tacit approval of the edge to the present Arsenal but red cards do not show that the men sent off are warriors. It is just as likely that the root cause of a dismissal lies in being outplayed by a superior opponent. In any case, not even the most optimistic Arsenal fan would claim that the current team has true successors at the heart of the battle to, say, Patrick Vieira or Emmanuel Petit.

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