"The first half an hour we're very dominant, Arteta said, playing the areas that we wanted, scored a goal, had two fantastic chances to score another one. And after that, we gave them the goal."
"The first error leads to the second one, Arteta said. There were three or four, which is very unusual today but they are part of football and today we got punished. In the end, we have to show the mental strength we have on matchdays."
"With the changes, we managed to shift the energy, scored the second goal, and you could feel that everything changed and the game was there to go and win it. In the next action, Noni [Madueke] is one v one in the six-yard box. We don't get anything out of that. It goes to a goal-kick one pass, win the duel, and Cunha puts it in the perfect angle to lose all the momentum, all the good energy that we were building up and to go and win the game for them."
Arsenal lost 3-2 to Manchester United, reducing their Premier League lead to four points. Arsenal led 1-0 before a mishit back-pass from Martin Zubimendi allowed Bryan Mbeumo to equalise. Patrick Dorgu and Matheus Cunha scored outstanding long-range strikes in the second half to put United ahead. Arsenal were dominant in the first 30 minutes with chances to extend the lead but committed multiple uncharacteristic errors that led to goals. Substitutions briefly shifted Arsenal's momentum and produced a goal, but a missed one-on-one by Noni Madueke preceded United's decisive attack. Replays were inconclusive over possible handballs and a Maguire handball was judged non-offence, while some home fans booed at half-time.
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