""They played well in the first 20-25 minutes, they controlled the game, as you've seen Arsenal do so many times," Neville told Sky Sports. "But they weren't inventive enough. They didn't take enough risks, and they allowed Manchester United just to let it swing back Arsenal's reaction to scoring the [opening] goal was terrible. "There's a telling moment when Manchester United got their first real counter attack.""
""When [Bryan] Mbeumo goes through, he's got Gabriel and [William] Saliba coming back at him, and he turns back and he plays it to Bruno Fernandes, who just snatches at it and pulls it past the near post. And Mikel Arteta, you can see him right down beneath us here, is fuming that they've allowed Manchester United to have a chance, because they have given encouragement. And then there was another chance straight after that. And then the goal came.""
Arsenal fell to their first home defeat of the season as Manchester United recovered to win, reducing Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League to four points. Lisandro Martinez opened the scoring, but Bryan Mbeumo and Patrick Dorgu turned the game before half-time. A late Mikel Merino goal gave Arsenal hope, but Matheus Cunha produced a stunning winner shortly after. A poor back pass from Martin Zubimendi gifted Mbeumo an equaliser and shifted momentum to United. Mikel Arteta reacted angrily on the touchline as Arsenal's mistakes were described as self-inflicted and lacking invention.
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