Author: Amrit Santlani
Arsenal – Fulham – 2:2
Mikel Arteta’s side welcome Marco Silva’s men to the Emirates with the aim of maintaining their winning streak, having won their first two games. Bukayo Saka’s poor back pass allowed Andreas Pereira to get in on goal alone and open the scoring just a minute after kick-off.
Martin Odegaard and Saka missed two good chances before Fabio Viera was brought down in the box and Arsenal won a penalty in the 70th minute. Saka redeemed himself by leveling the score – 1:1. A minute later, Arsenal took the lead – 2:1. Viera put in a great cross for Eddie Nketiah, who sent the ball into the goal.
In the 83rd minute, Bassey received his second yellow card and the visitors were in the minority, but in the 87th minute Joao Paliña took the points away from the hosts – 2:2.
Brazilian striker Gabriel Martinelli had a discreet performance, although he played the entire match. Gabriel Jesus came on in regulation time, while Andreas Pereira had a promising game, but the midfielder was substituted in the 63rd minute.
Manchester United – Nottingham Forest – 3:2
In Manchester, Manchester United got off to the worst start in their league history when Taiwo Awoniyi took advantage of a defensive lapse with a solo run and a good finish to open the scoring two minutes after kick-off. With a header from Willy Boly after a free-kick, Forest went 2-0 up in four minutes and stunned Old Trafford.
Marcus Rashford ran towards the by-line before cutting back for Christian Eriksen, a simple tap in and United’s comeback came in the 17th minute. The score remained 2-1 at half-time, and Brazilian midfielder Casemiro was on hand to finish Bruno Fernandes’ shot after the break to level the scores.
Joe Worall was sent off for denying Rashford a clear goal-scoring chance, before the Englishman was fouled inside the box and Fernandes converted the resulting penalty to steal all three points.
Casemiro missed a good chance, but had a satisfactory match, playing the whole game, his Brazilian colleague Antony was lively, but failed to make an impact on the game and was substituted in the 85th minute. Danilo was guilty of missing the penalty and was substituted in the 81st minute.
Brazilians in other matches on the tour
Bournemouth – Tottenham – 0:2
Neto spent the entire game against Bournemouth conceding two goals to Richarlison‘s side. It’s true that the midfielder himself was once again a “shadow” on the pitch – he played 59 minutes and received a yellow card.
Everton-Wolves – 0:1
As part of the guests, Brazilians Matheus Cunha (84 minutes) and João Gomes (90 minutes) played almost the entire match. But the only goal of the match was scored by his teammate, Kaladzic, with a header in the 87th minute.
Brighton – West Ham – 1:3
Brazilian João Pedro spent the last half hour of the match for Brighton. Lucas Paqueta played 85 minutes for the visitors. Both players are not involved in any of the goals.