#2 Were Arsenal tired or were they scared?
Arsene Wenger risked the well-being of Alexis Sanchez for the game but he might as well have not bothered. The kind of link up play and flair that has been emblematic of Arsenal so far this season was starkly absent and the likes of Sanchez, Ozil and Walcott saw very little of the ball. Sanchez pulled off a beautiful turn and Ozil nutmegged Carrick but if that was enough to win a game, football would have been a completely different game.
Instead, the attackers were subdued and with all due respect to them, Jones, Valencia and Rojo were far better. Wenger might argue that his players were tired (although that’s one of Mourinho’s favourite complaints), but the way the Gunners started seemed to indicate they were playing it safe. Old Trafford isn’t a favourite hunting ground for Arsenal and they may have seen the wisdom in walking away with a point rather than going for the kill.
