29 August,2011 09:56 AM IST | | PA Sport
Arsenal Boss Wenger sums up night after worst ever 2-8 defeat to Man U; loss was first time gunners conceded eight goals since 1896u00a0u00a0
Manchester United swept to a magnificent 8-2 victory over 10-man Arsenal yesterday. Wayne Rooney's hat-trick reduced beleaguered Arsenal to rubble in a sublime display at Old Trafford.
Manchester United's Ashley Young curls the ball into the back of
the net through a sea of Arsenal defenders during yesterday's
English Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester.
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Alex Ferguson once again fielded a youthful line-up and his gifted prodigies rose to the occasion in impressive style to record their third successive win of the season and move ahead of second placed City on goal difference at the top of the table.
"You feel humiliated when you concede eight goals. It was a terrible day for us," Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said. "It was a combination of an under-strength team and weakness. We collapsed physically in the second half."
Arsene Wenger
Danny Welbeck opened the scoring with a close-range header in the 22nd minute after Johan Djourou failed to clear Anderson's chipped pass and Arsenal squandered a chance to level when Robin van Persie's penalty, awarded for a Jonny Evans foul on Theo Walcott, was saved by David De Gea.
Within a minute, Ashley Young had made Arsenal pay with a brilliant curling goal from the edge of the area and Rooney increased the lead when he whipped a 41st minute free-kick past Wojciech Szczesny for his 150th United goal.
Walcott's low drive escaped De Gea's weak attempted save to reduce the deficit on the stroke of half-time, but United scored a fourth through another tremendous Rooney free-kick in the 62nd minute.
Nani's deft chip over Szczesny in the 67th minute made it five and Park Ji-Sung drove in United's sixth goal three minutes later.
Van Persie scored from close-range in the 74th minute, but Gunners defender Carl Jenkinson was sent off for two bookings moments later. Rooney completed his treble with an 82nd minute penalty before Young curled home in stoppage time.
