MIKEL HANDED IT ON PLATE

Bayindir blunder decides game as Gunners have Raya to thank

- By John Cross

IT WAS hardly a classic but the away end celebrated to a familiar song.

“1-0 to the Arsenal” rang round Old Trafford after the final whistle as the Gunners ended up sitting pretty by winning ugly for a change.

Scrappy does not do it justice and the result was more about familiar failings rather than any of the big-money new signings for either side.

Ultimately, it was decided by a tale of two goalkeepers as Arsenal’s David Raya was man of the match while Manchester United’s Altay Bayindir had a stinker as he could only palm the ball to Riccardo Calafiori for his early winner from a corner.

United have spent £200million on a new front three and Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha were excellent while Benjamin Sesko had a decent cameo as a late substitute.