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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Smyth and Daniel Harris

Manchester United 3-1 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened

Marcus Rashford celebrates.
Marcus Rashford celebrates. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA

Jamie Jackson has filed his match report, so I’ll wrap this blog up. Thanks for your company and emails, goodnight.

Erik ten Hag’s verdict

I thought our start was really good, our best 10 minutes until now. After the disallowed goal we lost a bit of composure – that isn’t necessary, we need to keep going and play our game. There was a good team spirit. Arsenal created chances, of course, but so did we, especially on the break. We scored great goals.

[Were you worried by all Arsenal’s possession?] Worried is a big word. I knew our defensive line could deal with that. But they have a lot of creativity and good routines. We could have done things better, but that will come – we have not been together as long as Arsenal have. We have to work to get more control of the game. There’s still room for improvement.

It’s really good to see that, after the setback [of the equaliser], they fought back. I like that mentality. Arsenal played well but we defended well, and as a team. Our pressing organisation can be better and we can keep them further away from our goal. The same in possession – a little bit more composure and we can dictate the game even more. But as I say, we are not long in this process.

We have all seen what a threat Antony can be. We needed a player on the right – Jadon and Marcus Rashford can play there but they are more comfortable in the centre or on the left. He is the missing link. It was a great goal. All the goals were team goals.

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