Arsenal began his attempt to get better in the race for the title of the Premier League this season with a 1-0 victory against Manchester United in Old Trafford thanks to a “new” set routine.
Avram Glazer was present in Old Trafford and saw the team he co -owner will line up without the goalkeeper Andre Onana and the striker Rasmus Hojlund, who Athletics It has been revealed that he was informed that he is confronted with a challenge to obtain minutes under Amorim. For Arsenal, the 15 -year -old midfielder Max Dowman traveled with the team but was not in the match team.
Amorim chose Altay Bayindir to start with the goal, but he was helpless to stop Riccardo Calafiori heading in the corner of Declan Rice at 13 minutes. United responded well and Patrick Dorgu struck a job before David Raya saves superbly low with his fingers to deny Matheus Cunha.
The new Arsenal Viktor Gyokerres striker signed for a first £ 55 million pounds Sterling ($ 75 million) from Sporting CP, played an hour but had a hard time having an impact, while Benjamin Sesko, the new United striker, was signed by RB Leipzig as part of a new attack of 200 million pounds Sterling.
Raya pushed the head of Bryan Mbeumo, then Sesko managed widely after the ball was recycled while Manchester United pushed to an equalizer, but Arsenal held firm and is now undefeated in their last 15 Premier League games outside.
AthleticsCarl Anka, Roche Art and Ahmed Walid break down the main discussion points.
How does the “new” free kick routine work?
It may be a new season, but it does not mean that Arsenal will stop being inventive of the pieces.
No team has scored more goals from pieces, excluding penalties, (71) than them since the start of the 2021-22 season, when specialized coach Nicolas Jover arrived from Manchester City. Liverpool (64) and Manchester City (60) have the next highest accounts in the League.
The routine with five players starting by the box just before the area is not necessarily new. They tested it for the first time against Tottenham Hotspur in their third pre-season match this summer, and they took advantage of the first corner of the season.
The two runners of these five (Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Zubimendi) helped to cause more chaos in the center of the ball delivery. Mason Mount should have treated better with William Saliba, get the wrong side of him and Bayindir, but everything that meant that less attention had been paid to Calafiori to the rear post.
Arsenal scored from the rear post in a corner of the pre-season, Christian Norgaard against Villarreal, but it was from a different routine. Be that as it may, make sure that space is free can often be more dangerous than what is happening at the center of the lens.
Arsenal taking the lead of a set game should probably not be a huge surprise either, given where their goals against Manchester United came last season.
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What does Gyoker make in his first League beginnings?
Viktor Gyokerres lasted a little less than an hour during his first League debut, which somewhat recalled his first departure for Arsenal against Villarreal in pre-season.
The 27 -year -old showed a desire to impact but was just outside his execution at vital moments. Matthijs de Ligt started in the lead in his individual battle, but the Swedish became the game and managed to give Arsenal an outing at times when they needed it.
As was the case in its pre-season departures, its races behind were not selfish. He often looked for his aggressive colleagues, Martinelli and Bukayo Saka, but overloaded his passes and failed to take advantage of the situations in which he was.
This lower decision -making was not only a theme of the performance of Gyokerres, but Arsenal is as a team. According to the opening exchanges, it seemed that the Arteta team had trouble getting up with Manchester United, and therefore played in a more reactive than proactive way – even if they had great moments of attack.
Gyokerres and Ligt had a physical battle (Nick Potts / PA Images via Getty Images)
They will have lucky for Raya, whose stops in the two halves allowed them to start the season with a victory and a white leaf.
Kai Havertz was not incredible in place of Gyokerres, even with the faults he won. So, for Leeds United in the Emirates, the next Arsenal match, the Swedish should not have to worry about his starting place.
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Has Manchester United has a goalkeeper problem?
Amorim said before the Apana match had “recovered” from her injury to the hamstrings but that he had decided other options, choosing Bayindir to start.
The 27 -year -old experienced two strange seasons in England. When many clubs use their goalkeeper of the second choice in domestic cuts, Bayindir is more a classic deputy, mainly working when Onana is injured because he was in pre-season or needs a break.
Part of this is due to the more rudimentary capacity of Bayindir and its weaknesses during the defense of the corners. Last season saw him conceded an Olympic goal and more than one team chose to pack the box of six yards to limit its movement before delivery of a room.
Arsenal’s opening objective had an impressive configuration, but it also owed a debt to Bayindir’s inability to struggle in front of Saliba to obtain a good handle of the ball while it was whipped.
“The goalkeeper must be stronger,” said former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, Sky Sports Commentary. “He will complain that he was the victim of a fault. He has a player in front of him; there is a lot of push and draw, but he must be stronger.”
The former goalkeeper of Manchester City and England, Joe Hart, said that Bayindir should have used his left arm to push Saliba, while using his right to remove the ball. To be a successful first League n ° 1, a goalkeeper should know when to eliminate as well as backups. The shy comparison of Bayindir – associated with the inability of United to protect it on the parts – means that the team has a soft belly at crucial moments.
Unfortunately for Amorim, this is not a problem that is resolved if it brings onana, which has only trained three times with the team since his retirement. The Cameroon International was also vulnerable against teams that pack the box of six yards, and its ability to make backups has often been erratic.
Does this mean that United should restart a goalkeeper signature before closing the summer window? Athletics said it is unlikely that the club sign another goalkeeper unless one of the Bayindir or Onana is sold. United Fans may want to move for Gianluigi Donnarumma, but he also had difficulties when defining corners and high bullets, despite his 1.96 m frame (6 feet 5 inches). Emiliano Martínez excels in this regard, but it is believed that Aston Villa is unlikely to sanction a sale for less than 40 million pounds sterling ($ 54.2 million).
United has a problem of confidence in and around their sanction surface. AMORIM may have to be daring when you try to repair it.
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What was better at United?
Since the arrival of Amorim in November 2024, Manchester United has seemed to be lacking in physics to operate in the form 3-4-3 and the principles that the Portuguese head coach wants the team to respect.
Amorim even talked about the subject in his press conferences, explaining that one of the reasons why United behaved better in the Europa League was the difference in physicality between her and the Premier League.
United was clearer from the ball (Stuart MacFarlane / Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Quick advance to the United Opening match in the 2025-26 Premier League season against Arsenal, and United looks sharper from the ball. The moment of their front jumps felt better, there is no hesitation when he is tight with one of the players of Arsenal and United won more duels in the midfield.
Improving intensity and physicality does not only help United, but it also creates more transitional opportunities. More than once in the first half, United won the ball and quickly changed the game to Mbeumo on the right side, or brought the ball forward and had an effort to the goal, like Dorgu, who struck the post in the 30th minute from an offensive transition.
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What does hisko do on the bench?
There was a moment near the 20 -minute brand when the Mbeumo pass found the race that overlap of Diogo Dalot in the last third. It was the kind of game thatMorim loves. A direct ball in the channels, won by his n ° 10, before an alternative striker bursts into the space against a disorganized defense.
The problem with Dalot’s race – apart from the fact that it was about to be back for the offside – was that he had no one in the penalty box to direct a crossing towards. The three Fronts of Amorim of Mbeumo, Cunha and Mount have offered a lot of energy out of ball and many rotations, but a limited threat of the penalty box. After an hour played, United had gathered four shots on Target compared to the three of Arsenal, but the majority came from large angles with a lower successful chance, the bottom of Cunha fired the nearest.
It was not a surprise that Murim turned to his Koko in the 65th minute. The attacker replaced Mount at the forefront of the attacker spear and began to work, chasing the spaces between Gabriel and Calafiori in case a teammate could find him with a quick pass behind.
A quick race before the aquatic break in the second half was intelligent; While the ball was transported to the left wing, the attacker moved away from Gabriel and Saliba to drag the two central Mbeumo defenders hiding at the rear post. Mbuemo and Amad could not sort their feet too much to have a shot on the goal.
Sesko came out of the bench for the last half hour (Michael Redan / Getty Images)
Five minutes later, Sesko would again block his favorite hunting ground and towards the penalty point during the pursuit of a cross of Dorgu. The ball sailed above his head towards Mbeumo, whose head was saved. The attacker’s breakdown of the attacker during the first five meters will make him a handful for the defenders of the Premier League this season. Sesko’s desire to press forward will appeal to the owners of Amorim and seasonal ticket.
His first touch will take some time to compete, just like his timing by jumping for crosses. But the energy is there. As it is a sense of movement and the ability to argue with the defenders who mark it above Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.
Sesko brought a combative focal point to a United team who had spent too many games without one last last season. The 22-year-old will finally be tried on the number of goals he brings to the Amorim team, but there have been promising moments in his appearance half an hour
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What said Amorim?
We will bring you this after talking at the post-match press conference.
What does Arteta say?
We will bring you this after talking at the post-match press conference.
What is the following for United?
Sunday August 24: Fulham (Away), Premier League, 4:30 p.m. United Kingdom, 11:30 am he
What is the following for Arsenal?
Saturday August 23: Leeds (Home), Premier League, 5.30 p.m. United Kingdom, 12:30 p.m.
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