Robin van Persie Opens the Scoring For Manchester United Against Arsenal

Christopher Harris
Robin van Persie Opens the Scoring For Manchester United Against Arsenal
Robin van Persie Opens the Scoring For Manchester United Against Arsenal

Robin van Persie opened the scoring for Manchester United in the Premier League match against Arsenal. The former Arsenal striker scored the opening goal of the game after heading the ball in to the net from a corner kick.

Van Persie scored the goal in the 26th minute to make it 1-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford:

Here’s Robin van Persie celebrating the goal:

Meanwhile, here’s video of David De Gea coming into contact with Nemanja Vidic. The defender had to be taken off after getting hit real hard. And as you can see from the GIF below, the collision with Vidic looks even worse in slow-motion:

H/T Feint Zebra.

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