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Marouane Fellaini will not face any retrospective disciplinary action for pulling Matteo Guendouzi's hair during Manchester United's draw with Arsenal on Wednesday night.
Fellaini conceded an 87th-minute free-kick at Old Trafford when he grabbed Guendouzi's hair and was penalised by referee Andre Marriner.
Marriner decided against showing Fellaini a yellow card for the foul, despite his attempt to gain an advantage possibly constituting unsporting behaviour.
However, Fellaini will face no further action from the Football Association as the incident was spotted by referee Marriner.
Fellaini received a retrospective three-match ban in May 2016 for elbowing Robert Huth after the former Leicester City defender had pulled his hair.
Show all 22 1 /22Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings David de Gea - 5 A very uncharacteristic error for Mustafi’s opener, bizarrely befuddled by the bounce of the downward header. Somewhat atoned with some typically solid saves in the second half.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Eric Bailly - 6 A welcome returnee who stood up strongly at times. Could perhaps have shepherded youthful cohort Dalot outside him slightly better.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Chris Smalling - 6 Solid in the middle of the defensive three.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Marcos Rojo - 5 Regardless of whether it is his own goal or marked as Lacazette’s, a very poor error to allow the Frenchman the chance.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Diogo Dalot - 5 Very little impact on the game. One particularly lacklustre moment getting forward from right back but looking lost with so much time, wasting a chance to cross. Sead Kolasinac had some joy down Dalot’s channel.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Ander Herrera - 6 Showed alertness to retrieve and cut back for Martial to score, though could have been flagged offside. Combative otherwise.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Nemanja Matic - 7 Broke up play well and set the tone for Manchester United’s performance. A good showing.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Matteo Darmian - 6 Little of note either way. He and Bellerin seemed to cancel each other out, rather.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Jesse Lingard - 6 Took his goal nicely. Quiet elsewhere on a scrappy night.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Anthony Martial - 7 A birthday goal after following up a free kick well, before trudging off injured just after the hour mark.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Marcus Rashford - 6 Hit his free kick nicely to force Leno into the initial save
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Bernd Leno - 5 Leno could perhaps have done better with Rashford’s free kick in the lead up to Martial’s leveller, and didn’t cover himself in glory for Lingard’s either.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Shkodran Mustafi - 6 A decent header down into the ground for his goal, though a huge helping hand from David De Gea.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Sokratis Papastathopoulos - 6 Stout defensively for much of the 90 minutes.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Rob Holding - 5 Stretchered off after 36 minutes with a serious looking injury. Having found some form, a real shame for Arsenal.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Hector Bellerin - 6 As mentioned in Darmian’s rating, rather cancelled out. One sliced effort from the edge of the box.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Lucas Torreira - 6 Another spiky performance in midfield. He’s certainly added some much-needed bite, but ought to be careful not to go too far with his destructive duties.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Matteo Guendouzi - 6 Put himself about with energy and physicality. Not as accomplished a performance as we have seen from the young Frenchman, though not overawed by the big occasion by any means.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Lead Kolasinac - 5 An error to allow Lingard to equalise, and consistently wasteful despite often being the extra man over down Arsenal’s left.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Aaron Ramsey - 6 Substituted at half time despite bravely trying to continue in real discomfort at the end of the first half.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Alex Iwobi - 5 Missing the cutting edge. Plenty of graft, little to show for it.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal player ratings Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 6 Aubameyang will rue missing a good chance from close range in the second half flurry of action.
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On that occasion, the scuffle between Fellaini and Huth was not spotted by referee Michael Oliver. Huth also received a retrospective three-match ban.
Louis van Gaal, then manager of Manchester United, complained at the time that Huth's pull should have been spotted by the team of officials.
"It's not in the books that someone has to grab by the hair and then pull it behind - only in sex masochism," he said.
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