United join Gunners at top

Manchester United’s brief stay at the top of the Barclaycard Premiership may have lasted only just over two hours but they finished the day the happier as Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.

United’s 4-0 win at home in the lunch-time kick-off against Liverpool had given them a one-point advantage over the Gunners but Arsene Wenger’s side crawled back to the summit on goal difference.