Alarm bells for Arsenal as an attempted clearance by Aaron Ramsdale goes straight to a Watford player who is quickly crowded out. That could have been awkward.

Don Hutchison
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's a really good game of football. Watford have played their part but Arsenal have been class, the way they have moved the ball.

Mikel Arteta will have delivered a very positive team talk at half time.

And it's the Gunners who get the game back under way.

The teams are heading back out for the second half. More of the same please.

Right, back to events at Vicarage Road...

Freddie Ljungberg
Former Sweden international on BBC Radio 5 Live

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I don’t think Ralf Rangnick is going to change anything that drastically. He seems to have his mind set on that pressing game, he wants Manchester United to work.

To play his way, I think they need a few windows. You need to work so hard as a unit and as a team. When I look at United, that’s sometimes the weakness. One or two fall out of it and all of a sudden, you go through them.

Rene Meulensteen
Former Manchester United coach on BBC Radio 5 live

The problem I have with Manchester United and the size of the club - it is probably a lesson for Man City and Liverpool when Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp leave, they have to manage that in advance - Man Utd have never done that. They are in a position of uncertainty; with uncertainty comes speculation. [Mauricio] Pochettino is known, [Carlo] Ancelotti's name has come up, and others like [Erik] Ten Hag, which is understandable because of his philosophy.

The challenges are far bigger than just saying 'bring Ten Hag in and it'll work'. The biggest challenge for anyone coming in is to try and picture a team in two years' time that is going to compete with City and Liverpool for the title. I can't. I see too many changes coming up over the next two seasons. There are five or six players who are over 35 so they won't be there. Massive changes need to happen. Who is the best guy to do it? If they decide Ten Hag, he's got the right ideas but Man Utd is a massive animal to manage.

Who knew Shaun Wright-Phillips loves stats?

Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on Football Focus

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I don’t care if you’re 19 or 20 points ahead. When it comes to a derby of this stature, it doesn’t matter. It’s the pride of the city. It’s that big.

On a match day, it doesn’t matter about points and performance. It’s about how much you want it on the day.

In just under two hours, we'll have a mighty big Manchester derby to talk you through.

Here is a little bit of chat ahead of that while the lads at Vicarage Road get a half-time orange segment...

So much to enjoy about that first half.

Arsenal's travelling fans are in fine voice as we enter two minutes of stoppages.

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Big Gray: Bukayo Saka - What a finish! Made one and scored one.

Important block by Craig Catchcart to keep out Gabriel Martinelli's stinging attempt.

Andrew Priestley: Tom Cleverley slow and dilly-dallying on the ball in midfield and gets caught out. Story of his PL career.

Watford haven't really responded since conceding a second goal. It's not for lack of effort. It's just that Gabriel Magalhaes and Ben White are proving a strong presence at the heart of the Arsenal defence.

Arsenal went into this game 11 points better off than this stage last season. They're fourth in the 'as it stands' table - with two games in hand on fifth-placed Manchester United.

Imran Louza clearly fouls Alexandre Lacazette and immediately tells the Arsenal player to get back up.