HIGHLIGHTS | Arsenal vs Manchester United (3-3) | Nelson, Balogun (2) | U23s

Folarin Balogun struck twice as our under-23s fought back to draw 3-3 with Manchester United on Saturday.

Cedric, William Saliba, Joe Willock, Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe were all named in the starting XI, with the latter playing his first minutes since picking up a shoulder injury in August.

The visitors took the lead inside three minute when Arnau Puigmal fired into the top corner from a free-kick on the edge of the area.

Nelson equalised through another free-kick, sneakily firing in at the near post with a dipping effort, but just five minutes after the restart, Puigmal grabbed his second, converting the rebound from a missed penalty.

It was three just moments later when Joe Hugill reacted first inside the area to fire past Karl Hein from a set-piece, but we didn’t give up and we were rewarded for our positive mindset.

Latching on to a loose pass on the halfway line, Nelson set Willock free down the left wing and the latter picked out Balogun inside the area, who battled with two defenders before poking the ball into the bottom corner.

The 19-year-old looked sharp all afternoon and in the 70th minute he completed our comeback, coolly finding the bottom right corner after being teed up by Ben Cottrell.

There was late drama as Alex Kirk was dismissed for a second yellow card, but we held on for the final 15 minutes to secure a share of the spoils.

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[tbrZW]

United getting a penalty at every level

[PeterNdungu]

3 things are certain in life: Death, taxes and a United penalty

[eclipse_]

Would love to see Balogun get some 1st team football, he’s such a talent

[sarlepaaronkathar]

No offence but Balogun looks more of a complete striker than Nketiah. Nketiah's more of a poacher

[yaseendassu]

We can’t lose balogun he’s literally amazing

[am]

Remember his name, Balogun gon' be a big star one day.

[steviejackz]

Nelson looks pissed that hes playing for the U23s lol

[paulie]

Balogun really deserves a chance on the first team, atleast on the bench for Europa/EFL.

[Goldboy]

See that Edu is advertising his cleaning business behind the goals. Smart man.

[tasosk]

Balogun looks quality. He’s gonna be a star one day

[youaremyjoy]

Cedric, Saliba, Nelson, Willock .... all first team players. They should have won 5-0 against these kids.

[kevinazyu]

Nelson was awarded best player in the whole league 2 seasons ago. He showed more promise than anyone we've had at this level. I really hope his development doesn't stagnate. If he had steadily developed like Saka did he should be an arsenal star by now.

[danielaguirre]

Everyone looks so annoyed while playing didn’t care when they scored especially reiss when he scored the free kick

[seudjelal]

Play saliba & Smithrow in the 1st team 😡

[pappunaari]

Lol even the refs for the u23’s can’t make a right decision to save their lives

[diogopinto]

3:43 that was actually clean I don't know why he was booked ..

[diogopinto]

3:43 wow don't do that to a girl, m8 !

[jacobsydnes]

How deadly is that Cottrell/Balogun link-up?! Looking forward to them getting some first team action. I'd reckon Cottrell in that creative midfield position would do us some real good!

[markmalherbe]

Hope we can beat Leicester this weekend💪

[gowhar]

Saliba must be nervous as hell to make his 1st team debut. I blame us fans for the expectations we put on an unknown 19year old who only played around 16/17 first team games. Put yourself in his position, you get shipped off to another country for work and on top you lose your mum so you have no one to talk to or clear your head. You hardly know your colleagues so you can’t get comfortable just yet, you can’t speak the language and you have to deal with all the expectations that us fans put on him. So when arteta says he needs time let’s just accept it for what it is because eyes don’t lie and every game he’s played so far you can tell he’s no where near ready