Antony, ladies and gentlemen, has got that dog in him.
; when the owners realised they had to back him with a bigger budget than planned; how Lisandro Martinez shattered the stigma of tiny centre-halves; and anecdotes about Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo becoming the greatest of friends after sharing a bench together so often.
But as with any rebuild, these foundations are volatile. Crystal Palace and Leeds provide different challenges in the next fortnight before a trip to Manchester City. Manchester United’s reaction to the inevitable next setback will be more indicative than any of these victories. To the extent that Arsenal had more shots, more possession and more periods during which they looked the brighter team, yes. But they also earned this loss as much as a well-drilled Manchester United obtained the victory. Individual errors underpinned the promising nature of their display.
Throwing Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira and Eddie Nketiah on together and changing the system despite Arsenal actually playing quite well felt curiously impulsive and does rather undermine Arteta’s suggestion that the Gunners “were totally dominant and in complete control”. That naive panic told us otherwise and was in contrast to Ten Hag’s trust in the approach he devised and the players he asked to carry it out.
But the decision to disallow the goal could have gone either way and one party would always have had legitimate grievances. Martin Odegaard did make contact with Christian Eriksen. Any conclusion beyond that is based purely on conjecture: was it enough to unbalance the Manchester United player? Did it really qualify as a foul? What happened to the directive about more lenient officiating?
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