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Manchester United hosting Arsenal at Old Trafford on first matchday for both sides, this was a crucial game and winning was expected from both sides but unluckily for the Red Devils, they settled for defeats which is weigh out of the picture. Ruben Amorim men come out and play good football but no evidence to show for it since they're battered and stopped by the formidable defendlines of the visitors.

Mikel Arteta and his men had just one target, a win win situation was all they privatized for and they captivated their scoring opportunity in the first halve. In the second halve, Gunners got under pressure and couldn't slash their chance, they fought for defensive display but was it good enough? Oh yeah we see how determined and fierce they were in the defenseless. Arsenal are competitors and EPL title contenders this season.

Statistically, we all know that Manchester United dominated the match - they just couldn't score despite having several good chances. Arsenal only managed one goal in the first half and couldn't add another until the end of the match. Manchester United tried very hard - but unfortunately, they failed despite having 22 shots, 7 of which were on target.

Arsenal have been title contenders in recent seasons - but they haven't been serious. Liverpool have tended to be more successful than Arsenal - certainly because only Liverpool have been able to stop Manchester City's title-winning streak. Arsenal are a great team - but they haven't been able to win the Premier League title due to poor performances towards the end of the season.

Would I join to say it's poor performance? Because in the last couple of seasons, Arsenal have had a decent performance but rather their problem can be tagged as not really being serious in their pursuit of the Premier league title over the recent past two seasons and in a broader view about two decades plus. If you compared Liverpool and Arsenal last season, isn't that Liverpool were way far better than Arsenal but Liverpool was serious in their pursuit and stayed focused.

In my opinion it was a very poor performance, A team that wants to win the Premier League wouldn’t play the way Arsenal played against Manchester United. And they were just lucky not to have conceded against Manchester United, Manchester United was the better team in the game, well the season is too early for Arsenal to score a goal and start defending their one goal advantage, I think this was one of the reasons they lost the premier league in previous seasons, now the difference between Arsenal and Liverpool and Manchester City is they will not sit back and defend they will go all out to score another goal instead of sitting back to defend, Liverpool was far better than Arsenal last season and that is why they have so many points advantage against them last season, If Arsenal continue to play this way they will not be able to win the league, because they will have to meet so many teams that plays a low blocks. Arsenal played so many draws last season because of playing this defensive style of football.