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Manchester United ‘should have had enough’ to beat Arsenal but they ‘blew their chances’ to win at the Emirates, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes. Bruno Fernandes had a rare off day and Marcus Rashford also stumbled in front of goal as the Red Devils battled out a drab goalless stalemate with the Gunners. Getty Images - Getty Solskjaer’s men struggled to a draw at Arsenal And Solskjaer has told talkSPORT that he believes his side would have come away with all three points on a different day if it wasn’t for their wastefulness in front of goal. “We look at those chances and normally we put those away,” he said. “But he’s [Rashford] there to be on the end of them and that’s important, but it was definitely a good reaction from Wednesday night. Asked if Sc...

"Shattered in an unsurprised way.” That’s the reaction of Arabic-speaking Israeli-American author Moriel Rothman-Zecher to the paroxysm of violence along the Gaza border this past week, in which Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians amid a mass protest largely against the controversial U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem. Shattered, because of the deaths -- the Palestinian Health Ministry pegs the toll at 60 at least -- but unsurprised, as this recent violence must feel to Rothman-Zecher as though it erupted right from the pages of his just-released novel, Sadness is a White Bird. Rothman-Zecher says he sees his characters in the recent clashes: the Israeli soldier who narrates the book in a wild plea, the Palestinian friend to whom the agony is addressed. “I&rsquo...

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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer laments missed chances as Bruno Fernandes and co stumble to drab draw at Arsenal

Israeli-American novelist laments Gaza deaths, sees hope in resistance