Arsenal's Unbeaten Streak Ends At 49

　　英超领头羊阿森纳队近50场的不败记录终于在周日被曼联队所终结。在这场倍受注目的比赛中，范尼的点球和鲁尼在伤停补时阶段的进球帮助曼联在主场以2-0获胜。

Ruud van Nistelrooy's 73rd-minute penalty kick and Wayne Rooney's injury-time goal gave Manchester United a 2-0 victory Sunday over league-leading Arsenal, ending the Gunners' unbeaten league streak at 49 games and moving the Red Devils back into the league chase.

Van Nistelrooy scored after Rooney was brought down in the penalty box by Sol Campbell, who kicked out his left leg hoping to slow the Manchester United striker. Three minutes into second-half injury time, Rooney broke in and beat Arsenal goalie Jens Lehmann with a side-footed shot. The goal came on the English striker's 19th birthday. Van Nistelrooy missed an injury-time penalty kick in this match last season, which ended in a scoreless tie and prompted a mass brawl. This time, he made no mistake, beating Lehmann -- who went to his right and watched the ball go in to his left. Arsenal still leads the Premier League with 25 points, followed by Chelsea (23), Everton (22) and Bolton (18). The win pushed United up to 17 points. Billed as the match of the early season, the game was a fast-paced, fierce midfield contest in front of a sellout crowd of 67,862 at Old Trafford. Arsenal broke the previous English record of 42 games without a loss set by Nottingham Forest in the 1977-78 and 1978-79 seasons on August 25 after going through last season undefeated on its way to the Premier League title. Arsenal's previous defeat in a league game was a 3-2 loss to Leeds on May 4, 2003. No other English club has gone undefeated for so many league games since the Football League began in 1888.