Eboue picks out Henry with a low cross but the Frenchman's first touch lets him down and Ferdinand is able to get a foot in to clear away

Vidic gets on the end of a Giggs cross but can't direct the header, sending it wide of the goal.

Giggs tries to pick out Larsson with a low cross but clichy is there to clear the ball away

Flamini is picked out with a cross but can't convert the chance as Ferdinand and Vidic muscle him out of getting any good contact on the ball.

Van Persie takes the corner but Vidic is able to out jump Senderos and head it away

Van Persie strikes a freekick into towards Henry but Ferdinand is there to head the ball behind for a corner.

Clichy tries his own long range volley but can only shine the ball high and wide of the goal.

Henry picks out Adebayor with a chipped cross but the striker can't get any kind of contact on the ball causing chaos inthe penalty area which sees Vidic boot the ball nearly into his own goal. Eventually Evra gets the ball away.

Rosicky tries to the slip the ball to Adebayor between the two United centre backs but Ferdinand reads the pass and cuts it out just in time.

Rosicky has yet another shot as he tries to bend the ball past vn Der Sar from outside the box, but can't get it on target as it sails wide of the left hand post.

Arsenal decide to pass the ball around inside the penalty area instead of shhoting, eventually Fabregas trying a shot but its closed down by two United defenders.

Ronaldo skips past a challenge from Eboue and hits a shot, but Toure is there to block the strike and defeclt it away for a throw-in.

Play is stopped after Evra goes down under a heavy challenge from Flamini.

Rosicky has another shot after a poor clearance from Neville but the Czech can't direct the shot, dragging it wide of the goal.

Rosicky takes a corner for Arsenal but can't pick out a red shirt as Ronaldo gets his head on the ball to clear.

Carrick takes a corner for United and sends it right it front of Lehmann who comes to claim but misses as the ball goes right across the Arsenal penalty area.

Fabregas takes a corner towards the near post but its easily headed away by Neville

Fabregas has a strike from outside the area but can't send it anywhere other than straight at Van der Sar

Giggs swings in a corner and Larsson gets a great header on the ball only to see Lehmann make a great save and then Eboue follow up with a clearance off the line.

Henry strikes a freekick into the wall but the rebound falls to the French striker who drives it straight at Van der Sar, the goalkeeper holding the ball well.

Giggs is picked out by Rooney in a great position inside the area but Giggs tries to chip Lehmann and doesn't get enough height on the strike and Lehmann saves easily.

Adebayor lays the ball off for Flamini but the French midfielder gets his shot all wrong sending the ball miles over the bar and into the stand.

Lehmann comes right to the edge of his area to claim a cross but an't get to the ball, fortunatly for Arsenal Toure is there to clear away.

Neville sticks a leg out and brings down Henry in the penalty area but referee Steve Bennett waves away the protests from Henry.

Rosicky finds himself some time to try and bend a shot in from outside the penalty area, but the midfielder can't get enough bend on it and it goes wide of goal.

Rooney skips past a few challenges from Arsenal players but his shot is poor, hitting Larsson and going behind for a goal kick.

Adebayor picks out Henry with a great cross but Henry can't finish the chance, sending it straight at Van der Sar who saves well.

Fabregas hits a rocket from outside the box but fortunatly for Man Utd it catches Vidic on the head and it goes behind for a corner.

Adebayor wins a long ball up field and knocks it down for Henry who's shot is blocked by Vidic.

Rosicky takes another corner and takes it short for Fabregas whose cross can't pick out a red shirt and its headed away by United.

Henry delievers a free kick into the area but Carrick is able to get a good head on the ball and clear away.

Larsson works himself some room for a shot and forces Lehmann into a fairly simple save down to the Germans right.

Hleb nicks the ball off Scholes and picks out Adebayor who squares the ball for Rosicky to hit on the volley but the Czech forward can only send his shot over the bar.

Giggs with a second corner for United picks out Vidic with a header but the defender can't direct his header sending it over the bar.

Rooney turns Eboue on Man Utd's left side but can't deliver a good enough ball as Toure clears away.

Rooney catches Eboue with a soft looking elbow and the Ivory Coast defender goes down causing all kinds of confrontations to begin. Nothing comes of the incident.

Henry tries a long range effort but it's straight down Edwin Van der Sar's throat as the Dutchman saves easily.

Rosicky takes a corner for Arsenal but a good clearing header from Rio Ferdinand sees United avoid any real danger

Man United a dominating the opening periods of the game, closing Arsenal down at every oppurtunity.

Ronaldo has another shot for United but like Giggs can't find the target as Jens Lehmann is untroubled.

Giggs is given time and room to have a shot from the edge of the area but can't find the target sending the ball wide of the mark.

Giggs takes the corner towards the near post but Emmanuel Adebayor is there to clear away

Giggs takes a free kick from wide on the right, but Senderos is there to head the ball away.

Long throw into the box catches Senderos off guards as the centre back takes a big swing at the ball but misses, fortunatly Jens Lehmann is there to claim the ball.

United look to avenge their 1-0 defeat earlier in the season and extend their lead at the top of the Premiership to nine points. They make one change from the game last week with Giggs replacing Park in midfield. Todays referee is Mike Riley.

This is the 200th competitive game between the two sides, but the first at the Emirates. Arsenal make three changes with Eboue returning to the defence instead of Hoyte, Flamini replacing the suspended Gilberto and Adebayor coming in for Van Persie.

Arsenal XI: Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky, Henry, Adebayor. Manchester United XI: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Larsson.