It’s a shock result.
Arsenal have been in very good form. They’re a very good side.
So for Manchester United to go there and win the game is seismic in the title race, 24 hours after Manchester City had cut the gap to four points.
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Arsenal appear to have a serious problem scoring goals from open play.
As good as they are as a team, you just wonder if that will be a problem moving forward.
The defensive partnership of Gabriel and William Saliba is probably the best in European football and they are the foundations of their title bid. But, United came away from home and scored three against them.
It’s only one result and one weekend but City winning against Wolves proceeding this big result at the Emirates makes it feel like a pretty big weekend in the title race.
The one thing I do wonder about with Arsenal is, are they going to run out of legs?
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I know they’ve got a big squad but they’ve had a whole load of injuries over the course of the season which has perhaps not allowed Mikel Arteta to rotate as much as he may have liked.
Given the workload, you just wonder if those injuries at the start of the season, and the pressure going into the business end of the season, affects Arsenal because they haven’t got over the line yet.
Until they do, those doubts are there. They have the strongest squad in the Premier League so there can be no excuses.
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