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Cunha and Mbeumo start for hosts and Sesko on as sub
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "A great result. In the first game of the season you come to Old Trafford. You sense the momentum that they're trying to build with the ambition they have with the club.
"We have the hunger, desire and ability to win. I am really pleased with that.
"Last year we drew here and we probably played better."
On debutants: "Very happy with all of them. Some of them are still not at their highest level physically. Their contribution is going to be key. They have the ability to change the game, which is something that we didn't have in the past."
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Manchester United recorded 22 shots today, their most in a Premier League match against Arsenal since an 8-2 win in August 2011 (25) – it is the most shots the Gunners have faced in any league game they kept a clean sheet in since November 2020 vs Leeds United (25).
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Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal debutant Viktor Gyokeres failed to have a single shot in a league game for the first time since April 2023 for Coventry City against Blackburn Rovers in the Championship, ending a run of 69 league appearances in which the Swede registered at least one shot.
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Daniel Sturridge
Former Liverpool striker on Sky Sports
These players are going to score goals for Manchester United, there is no doubt about it. Mbeumo and Cunha are too good not to score goals. With Sesko we have not seen much of him in the Premier League, and we don't know how the cohesion is going to work with the other two.
But with regards to Mbeumo and Cunha we have seen what they have done in the past in the league and then what they did today. It's going to be a long season but I am optimistic.
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Arsenal have now won 71 Premier League games with Martin Odegaard starting the game as captain (D20 L15).
Only Tony Adams (130) has led the Gunners to more victories in the competition (Patrick Vieira also 71).
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Selling Hojlund would be a huge mistake. When the current plan B is playing Maguire as a second forward it's clear Man U lack the necessary depth. Give the young Dane a chance to build his confidence now it looks like he might get some service.
Malcolm
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Daniel Sturridge
Former Liverpool striker on Sky Sports
Arsenal need to score more different types of goals to take the next step. They need more penetrative passes in central areas which in turn will give Gyokeres the opportunity to score more goals.
I think a lot of the goals he will end up scoring will be Erling Haaland-type goals, one touch finishes in the box, poaching in the six yard box and getting headers from crosses.
The penetrative passes around the box will help to give him the chance to make those bursts over a few yards to get his shots away.
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Everyone waxing lyrical about ‘so many positives for United’.. So permit me to introduce one negative: they lost.
Sulaimon
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Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We came here away and won which is a big result. We were clearly not at our best. We attacked the box and we reacted well to unusual mistakes. The team reacted time after time in an incredible way. Very proud of that because that is why we got the opportunity to win the game.
"We showed a resilience and a will to win. They put you on the ropes here, you will have to have moments when you suffer. To find a way to win at this ground, I'm very happy with the team.
On the new signings: "They have made a good impact on the team, they had a great attitude. Physically some of them are still not at the level we require for 95 minutes but we will get there."
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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "It was really hard because I think we showed that we were the better team today. We played better than Arsenal.
"A strange goal, but then we tried everything to score a goal. We have small things that will make a difference in the future. The defence felt a different team and that is a good thing, but we need to win games.
"I am proud of the players. I said so many times that the players need to adapt.
"Intensity, the way they are sprinting. They fought for every duel. They were so brave playing one against one. They were really brave, and I am happy with that."
On Altay Bayindir's mistake: "Everyone needs to improve. The goalkeeper has to use the hands to catch the ball.
"I understand we are trying to help the game have more goals, but sometimes too much is too much.
"I don't want to complain."
On Andre Onana: "I watch like you guys. I watch trainings and I watch games. Tom [Heaton] and Altay [Bayindir] did a great job.
"He [Andre Onana] is going to fight with the other guys."
On Rasmus Hojlund: "It is our player - we have to make choices. We have players that have to stay helping the team from the outside."
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Thought Utd looked a lot better than last season already, today wasn’t about the result, the next few games Burnley Fulham is where we’ll get a better indication of where this Utd team are at.
Jezza
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Daniel Sturridge
Former Liverpool striker on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal have been playing with a striker in Havertz that is very different to Gyokeres, so it does take time to get used to the new player's runs. He is also going to have to alter his game, it's not just about the team changing for him but him changing the for the team. That's what it takes to hit the ground running.
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Arsenal battered for long periods and dug deep for the 3 points. The mark of Champions!
James H - the Gloucester Gooner
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Daniel Sturridge
Former Liverpool striker on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesIn attack United looked really good. They were knocking on the door but Raya answered it. That's football. Sometimes you give your best and it's not good enough.
Defensively they looked better. All in all of course the result is all that matters but if I am going into that dressing room today on the back of last season's performances, I'm thinking, "In comparison to where we were, there are loads of positives to take."
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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We deserved more and we were the better team, that is clear but in the end we lost. We need to work on the things we need to improve. We need to defend set pieces. We did a lot things right. There are a lot of things without seeing the video that we need to work. I am really proud of my players.
"We were more aggressive and brave. In certain moments I think Bryan [Mbeumo] and Cunha helped a lot. We stuck to the plan even when the stadium is nervous, we continued to play the way we played and that will help us in the future.
"They [the fans] want that feeling again. We go to Old Trafford and we are not going to get bored. We need to win more than last season but they want to see something and feel something.
On Cunha and Mbeumo: "Everybody can understand they are very good players for that position. It didn't need a lot work to feel that is their position.
"Sometimes you can look at the game in many ways. in the first half, Cunha has to go out because the centre backs are very strong. Then you have Sesko and you have a different type of player and that is important for me that we have players to play different games."
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Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
We can't start writing Viktor Gyokeres off after an hour of football. That's the danger nowadays.
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Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "Normally I score different kind of goals but I think this was even more important than the other ones. Three points at Old Trafford, couldn't ask for more."
On getting the win: "Three points, clean sheet, it is never easy. We didn't play our best football but still we managed to get the three points so I am so happy with this."
Team spirit: "The new boys help us a lot and this is the main difference between last season. We are stronger and I hope that will be the secret to winning something this year."
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Image source, Getty ImagesManchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "It's very difficult to look at good things when you lose a game but I think there are a lot of good things to take away. It's something we have to look at but we did everything we had to do to win he game. We had many occasions where we could have got th goal but we didn't get it.
On conceding: "It's very frustrated the way we conceded the goal. We were very aware of what they could do from set plays.
On Cunha and Mbeumo: "We know what type of players they are. We are waiting for many good things from them."
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Can win by an inch or a mile, dont care how we got there, we did. If all 38 are like that, then so be it. Good resilience to hold on and we will only get better.
Ben, Bracknell
Arsenal hold on to beat Man Utd after Bayindir error
At a glance
Error from stand-in goalkeeper Altay Bayindir gifts Arsenal winner
David Raya makes series of excellent saves to deny hosts
Arsenal debutant Viktor Gyokeres replaced on hour mark, Man Utd leave out Rasmus Hojlund and Andre Onana
Ruben Amorim's goalkeeping gamble backfired as Riccardo Calafiori's first-half header gave Arsenal victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford.
In their £200m summer rebuild, United opted against bringing in a new keeper.
With first choice Andre Onana not playing a game in a pre-season because of a hamstring injury he suffered at the start of last month, Amorim selected Turkey international Altay Bayindir ahead of veteran Tom Heaton for his side's opening Premier League game.
But Bayindir allowed himself to get trapped on his line as Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice curled a dangerous 13th-minute corner underneath the crossbar. Bayindir could only get a weak hand to the ball and ended up pushing it on to Calafiori, who turned home what turned out to be the winner from less than a yard.
The result was harsh on the home side, who were much improved on last season and carried by far the greater threat in the game, accumulating more possession and having significantly more shots and efforts on target.
However, Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya made a series of excellent saves to keep the home side out, turning away three shots from one United debutant Matheus Cunha and scrambling to his left in the second half to keep out a goalbound effort from another, Bryan Mbeumo.
Rice went close for the visitors with a late free-kick but Arsenal were still able to complete their fifth victory in six league games over United.
'Brave' Man Utd were the better team - Amorim
The enthusiastic applause from the home fans that followed initial disappointment, at the end of six minutes of injury time that did not bring the equaliser they craved, told its own story about Manchester United's performance.
They recorded 20 shots in a Premier League game against the Gunners for the first time since August 2011.
On that occasion, they scored eight times. This time, there was nothing.
Amorim spent most of last season grumbling about not taking opportunities. Yet this didn't seem like one of those days. Two-thirds of his new £200m strikeforce started the game - and Cunha, who is clearly going to be a crowd favourite because of the fight he shows in every moment, and Mbeumo were excellent.
Casemiro's passing range was superb. Patrick Dorgu was outstanding at left wing-back and Matthijs de Ligt a rock in central defence.
But they conceded far too easily.
It is easy to imagine United goalkeeping great Peter Schmeichel just barging William Saliba out of the way once Rice's pinpoint corner was heading under the crossbar. Edwin van der Sar was far too cute to be caught out so easily.
Bayindir ended up in a position from which he could have no influence. And Amorim, and Onana, who was at Old Trafford for the game, would only watch in despair.
In the brutal world of professional sport, results mask everything. Amorim has now lost 15 times in 28 Premier League games as United manager - that is the fastest a manager has reached 15 defeats in the competition, promoted clubs aside, since Paul Hart with Portsmouth in 2009.
'No, no, no no!' Amorim defends Bayindir after mistake
Arsenal proud after getting 'big result' - Arteta
The excitement before the match for Arsenal supporters was that they were going to see their new £64m signing Viktor Gyokeres in action in a Premier League match.
The Gunners have come into this season with a new direct style that they are hoping will get the best out of the Sweden striker, and be the difference in them lifting a trophy during this campaign.
Gyokeres' main attributes are using his power and strength to burst through the centre-backs and boss Mikel Arteta is trying to increase the amount of chances he gets.
However, Gyokeres is lacking in match sharpness and has only been back in full training since signing for Arsenal - after he did not attend Sporting's pre-season while he looked to force through a move.
There were occasions when the 27-year-old was played into promising positions, but it looks as though it will take time for the players to get used to their new system and for him to build up the fitness he needs to become a key part of the Arsenal attack.
It was not the debut Gyokeres would have dreamed about, and the forward was jeered off by the United supporters when he was replaced by Kai Havertz in the 60th minute.
The usually reliable Arsenal defence did not settle and had some shaky moments during the match - Manchester United able to create chances with direct passes behind the visitors' defence.
Calafiori is important to the Arsenal attack due to his unpredictability on the ball but his runs into midfield and further up the pitch left Mbeumo in space and that also caused problems for the Arsenal backline.
Arteta will be pleased to get off to a winning start but there is a lot for the manager to work on before their next game.
After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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Manager: Ruben Amorim
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Ruben Amorim
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Manchester United have lost just two of their last 18 Premier League home games against Arsenal (W10 D6), though both defeats have been with Mikel Arteta in charge of the Gunners (1-0 in both November 2020 and May 2024).
Arsenal have scored in each of their last 11 Premier League away games against Manchester United (14 goals), having only managed to score in 10 of their first 22 visits to Old Trafford in the competition (11 goals).
Manchester United have won 99 of their 243 meetings with Arsenal in all competitions (D55 L89). They’ve only beaten Aston Villa (107) more often, while they would be the first ever team to beat the Gunners 100 times.
This is just the second time in English league history Manchester United are hosting Arsenal in their first game of the season, previously beating the Gunners 4-1 in 1989-90.
Manchester United are beginning a Premier League campaign with a home game for the ninth successive season, the longest run of any side in English top-flight history.
Man Utd have won their opening match of a Premier League campaign more often than any other side (22), while also having the best win rate on MD1 of any side to play in more than one season (67%).
2025-26 will be Arsenal’s 100th consecutive season in the English top-flight, the longest ongoing run (Everton next with 72). The Gunners have won their opening league game in five of the last six seasons (L1), including each of the last three. They last did so in more consecutive campaigns between 2001-02 and 2005-06 (5).
Manchester United beat Aston Villa in their final game of 2024-25, but went the whole campaign without winning consecutive league matches. They last did so when beating Fulham 1-0 on MD1 last season, having won their final two games of 2023-24.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League away games (W7 D7) since a 1-0 loss at Newcastle last November. It’s their longest run without defeat on the road since their own Premier League record of 27 between April 2003 and September 2004 (a run ended by Manchester United).
New Arsenal striker Viktor Gyökeres has been the top scorer in Europe’s top 10 leagues over the last two seasons, scoring 68 goals in 66 Primeira Liga matches for Sporting CP across 2023-24 and 2024-25. A goal in this match would see him become only the third player to score against Manchester United at Old Trafford on his Premier League debut, after Mo Johnston for Everton in August 1992, and Paulo Wanchope for Derby County in April 1997.
