Arsenal have started the 2025-26 Premier League season with a win, beating Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford. Riccardo Calafiori scored the only goal of the game, nodding home in the 13th minute after Altay Bayindir made a mess of Declan Rice ’s inswinging corner.

MANCHESTER — Manchester United will be happier with the performance but Arsenal will be delighted with the result, as an end-to-end game played out at Old Trafford.

Manchester United were unlucky to lose 1-0 to Arsenal in their first match of the new Premier League season.Despite what the score suggested, Man United were the better team throughout, attacking

Avram Glazer was in attendance at Old Trafford and saw the team he co-owns line up without fit-again goalkeeper Andre Onana and striker Rasmus Hojlund, who The Athletic revealed has been told he faces a challenge to get minutes under Amorim. For Arsenal, 15-year-old midfielder Max Dowman travelled with the team but was not in the matchday squad.

The 2.02 meters per second they advanced towards goal is 55% quicker than the average of 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25

Mikel Arteta was not getting carried away as his Arsenal side secured a battling 1-0 win at Manchester United in their 2025/26 Premier League campaign opener. The Gunners needed to dig deep in the closing stages at Old Trafford with No.1 David Raya called into action to get the win secured.

MOTD pundit Danny Murphy explains how Man Utd's new signings showed the difference they will make to Ruben Amorim's side, despite a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal.