Alexandre Lacazette Substitution Off. Eddie Nketiah Substitution On. Substitution 86 Mins Willian Substitution Off.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles Substitution On. Yellow Card 87 Mins Substitution 87 Mins Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Substitution Off. Shkodran Mustafi Substitution On.

Harry Maguire. KO Mins. HT Mins. FT Mins. Head-to-Head Man Utd Total Wins. Arsenal Total Wins. Played 57 Draws Recent Meetings Sunday 01 November Old Trafford, Manchester Man Utd.

Form Guide Man Utd W H v Aston Villa. W H v Wolves. D A v Leicester. W H v Leeds. W A v Sheffield Utd.

Arsenal W A v West Brom. W A v Brighton. W H v Chelsea. Edinson Cavani and Van de Beek were introduced. Pogba, somehow, was spared.

Arsenal rode their luck in the final stages. Gabriel Magalhaes was fortunate to avoid a second yellow card and Mohamed Elneny breathed a sigh of relief when his deflection of a Donny van de Beek cross hit the upright, but the story of the closing stages was the story of the game at large, with United not possessing enough quality to break Arsenal down.

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You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Willian hit the bar from the edge of the box following a nice one-two with Aubameyang, but the best chance fell to Saka, who headed over unmarked from Bellerin's cross after Victor Lindelof and Aaron Wan-Bissaka simply failed to challenge.

United were flat, and mustered up just one shot in the first half, their fewest in a Premier League home game since October , and had just three touches in the Arsenal box, their fewest since December Arsenal were edging what was at times a low-quality game of chess as United altered the midfield diamond, and after Aubameyang curled just wide from an Arsenal break, the striker had a clearer sight of goal from the penalty spot after Pogba's clumsy clip on Bellerin just inside the box.

Bellerin got goal-side of Pogba to draw the foul, one of referee Mike Dean's easier decisions, and Aubameyang made no mistake, sending David de Gea the wrong way.

United's inevitable spell of pressure came, but sub Donny van de Beek's double-deflected cross, off Elneny, then Leno, then the near post, was the closest they came in the entire game.

Arsenal's win was thoroughly deserved as Mikel Arteta "set them up perfectly", according to Sky Sports' Gary Neville, an apt example of the Gunners' more conservative and considered approach under the Spaniard as they hold the best defensive record in the top flight.

Paul Pogba started for Manchester United as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made two changes; Mason Greenwood also came in as Juan Mata and Dan James dropped out.

Rob Holding's inclusion was a surprise given his muscle injury suffered in the warm-up at Man City a fortnight ago, but he came in alongside Mohamed Elneny and Thomas Partey.

Dani Ceballos and Granit Xhaka dropped to the bench, with David Luiz out injured. But for Solskjaer on his century of games, questions remain over consistency and how best to use United's midfield personnel after another sub-par showing from Pogba.

A lack of energy, of enthusiasm, and a real lack of quality. That really concerned me. No quality, no composure.

Have they turned a corner? It's the longest corner ever. I am just not convinced by these players. His body language was shocking.

Shrugging his shoulders when things didn't go his way? You roll your sleeves up when you play for Manchester United.

I don't see any leaders out there. I am really, really worried about Manchester United now. Arsenal were by far the better team in the first half and almost took the lead after 39 minutes when Willian 's curling shot hit the post.

An unmarked Bukayo Saka had a great chance to put the visitors ahead on the stroke of half-time but his header went over the bar.

Both teams missed good chances after the break when Aubameyang's curling shot missed the target while Harry Maguire 's header went wide. After 69 minutes, Pogba didn't track Bellerin's run and brought down the defender in the box.

Arsenal were awarded the penalty and Aubameyang converted from the spot. United almost equalised late on after Donny Van de Beek's cross was deflected off the post but the visitors came away with a much deserved victory.

We want to beat [the other 'Big Six' teams] all the time and compete for the league with them. We will evolve and get better at other things so we can go to any ground and be competitive which is something already positive," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said.

Solskjaer was disappointed with his team's display after the excellent win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League and did not spare Pogba from the criticism.

Too many things that can go wrong in a game did for us today. Today we didn't get the response we hoped for.

The intensity, the tempo wasn't there, the shape -- they were better than us and created a couple of half-decent chances.