After Antony scored on his United debut, Marcus Rashford scored two goals in the second half to give Manchester United a victory over the first place team in the league.
The Brazilian made a dream start to life at United by scoring a first-half opener with a cool first-timer.
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Antony's goal came after Gabriel Martinelli's goal had been ruled out for a foul on Christian Eriksen in the build-up to the goal.
Man Utd: De Gea (7); Dalot (7), Martinez (7), Varane (6), Malacia (6); McTominay (7), Eriksen (8); Antony (7), Fernandes (7), Sancho (5); Rashford (8)
Subs: Ronaldo (6), Fred (6), Casemiro (6), Maguire (5)
Arsenal: Ramsdale (6); White (6), Saliba (5), Gabriel (5), Zinchenko (6); Lokonga (6), Xhaka (6); Saka (7), Odegaard (7), Martinelli (7); Jesus (7)
Subs: Smith Rowe (6), Vieira (6), Nketiah (6)
Man of the match: Christian Eriksen
Early in the second half, Mikel Arteta's side was able to level things up.
Just six minutes later, United regained the lead as Rashford scored.
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The fourth victory in a row for the side was secured in the 75th minute with a goal set up by Eriksen.
With the north London side only a point ahead of Manchester City and Spurs, United are now three points behind leadersArsenal.
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When Martinelli scored in the 12th minute, the visitors thought they had taken the lead and were on their way to victory.
The goal was ruled out by the referee after he was told by the VAR to check the pitchside monitor.
Martinelli came close to opening the scoring again in the 32nd minute but David de Gea excellently saved the Brazilian's back-post head.
The home side took the lead three minutes later through debutant Antony, who swept home a first-time left-footed finish.
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In the 60th minute, a rebound from Diogo Dalot's last-ditch tackle on Gabriel Jesus was converted into a goal by Saka to level the game at one apiece.
Six minutes later, United hit back with a goal from Rashford.
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Arteta made a triple substitution in the 74th minute to try and get an equalising goal, but his side conceded again a minute later.
After a 100 per cent start to the season, the Gunners were beaten by a goal in the first minute of injury time, ending their hopes of a top four finish and continuing their poor recent record away from home.
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There was a bit of immaturity in the last 20 minutes or so of the game.
Three replacements at the same time. When it happened, I thought it was odd because it was a kitchen sink job that you could do on the counter- attack.
They didn't need to do that at that point in the game. They were playing well and were working on chances.
It became a game that was easier for Manchester United when they scored against the run of play.
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When they are on the end of a defeat, it may sound silly, but I think they have a good chance of getting into the top four.
If they continue to play like this, they will get that last part of the game right more often than not. The fans will be disappointed, but they were great.
"They just lost it in the big moments of this match and maybe, just maybe being a little too reckless too early, when they didn't need to be with 20 minutes to go."
There was a lot going on at both ends of the football game. It was a nice day.
We started building something up after the two defeats by winning ugly games. We're starting to understand each other and we know where to go.
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With the players up front, you can sense the quality. Everyone can pass and score. The first two games were dominated by us.
The game plan was for me to follow Odegaard. I don't like defensive work in my career. It's easier for me to follow him when the team is doing well.
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The best 10 minutes of the game was when we were in control of the opponent's half.
The canceled goal made us lose our cool a little bit. You have to keep going and playing. We will be a better team when we know that.
There was a good team on the field. They fought and recovered even though they were not always good routines. I think we did as well as they did. We scored a lot of goals.
We are not that long together, so we could have done better. We will be more in control when we get that. There is still a lot of work to be done and it will be difficult.
The team deals with setbacks and they fight back. That's great to see. This mentality makes me happy.
We defended well, even though they played well. I didn't think they'd break us with their possession and creativity.
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Mikel Arteta spoke to Sky Sports and said that they were really disappointed to lose the game. We had periods where we were completely in control. They are going to hurt you when they have open spaces.
The biggest difference was in the other box. We had many chances and didn't score enough goals.
We struggled in the first 18 minutes. It was all us after the first one. We lose a ball from a throw-in when we don't have to play that type of pass and in one pass they are through.
| Goals | Antony, Rashford (2); Saka |
| Assists | Rashford, Fernandes, Eriksen |
| Bonus points | Rashford (3pts), Fernandes (2pts), Saka (1pt) |
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Next up for Manchester United is a home game against Real Sociedad on September 8 at 8pm.
On Sunday, September 11th, Ten Hag's side will return to the top flight with a 4.30pm kick-off against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
On Thursday September 8th, at 8pm, there will be a trip to Switzerland for the start of the U.S. soccer team's European Championship campaign.
The game between Arteta and his former side will take place on September 11 at 2 pm.
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