Arsenal fans were left after they discovered that their wall was being engaged too far back for the stunning free kick of Bruno Fernandes.
Manchester United broke the impasse in the 1-1 draw on the tranquility of peace through an incredible set of their captain.
The free kick was won by Alejandro Garnaacho after being polluted on the edge of the box by Leandro Trossard.
Fernandes stood over the ball when referee Anthony Taylor ran back the rear of Arsenal.
Despite man Mountains in Riccardo Calafiori, Jurrien Timber, Mikel Merino, Gabriel and Declan Rice who form the line, the Talisman of United was still able to generate and dive enough to defeat the Spring Wall and David Raya in goal.
But fans with eagle eyes noted that the five-man wall of Arsenal far from where the ball was placed.
Gary Neville immediately saw it and said on comment: “The wall looks a reasonable way back. It seems that it gives him a chance. It seems like a mile back.
“Usually you see the wall, especially a large wall, it always looks very difficult to get it on and then.
“There seemed to be so much space, so much space that he didn't even have to go that high in the net.”
Sky Sports later confirmed that the wall was in fact 11.2 meters away – instead of the regulated ten.
Neville added after the game that you could see that “something was wrong”, because the ball only came in “halfway through the net”.
Arsenal fans continued to smoke, saying one: “If Arsenal was a garden closer to the Bruno Free-Kick, the wall touches.”
Another added: “The extra 1.2 meters gave the ball enough space to get on and over the wall.”
A third said: “There is a lot that our fault was to go behind, but the wall that is too far back is incredibly bad referee.”
But United fans hit back and said, “Arsenal fans who complain about how far away the wall was set up, can be a new low point.”
More replied: “You will find an excuse.”
On the free kick, Christian Eriksen revealed: “Glad the wall was about 15 meters away, so it was perfect for him to convey it.
“I think I saw it early before the stairs. It was the same when they had it in the second half, of course we were a bit angry with the referee because we had put ourselves back so far.”
Instead of being a problem with the wall, Gunners Hero and Pundit Paul Merson closed Raya's positioning instead, which led to “nowhere in the neighborhood”.
Jamie Redknapp praised Joshua Zirkzee and Casemiro for pushing Thomas Pardeny in the eye line of the keeper while Fernandes ran to the ball.
The expert added that he was surprised that the wall of Arsenal remained behind the magical spray line and did not come forward.
If Raya was blamed, he later made up for it with stunning saves to deny Noussair Mazraoui and a chance of the late Fernandes to win it.
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