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Arsenal has kept at bay Manchester United’s expensively assembled forward line and scored again from a set piece to win 1-0 in the marquee match in the opening round of the Premier League.
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.
A much-improved Manchester United scrapped with Arsenal but fell victim a goalkeeper error in a 1-0 season-opening loss at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Even fringe players who hadn’t been involved in the matchday squad against Manchester United were part of the session, including Fabio Vieira, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Reiss Nelson, Karl Hein, and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Taking on one of the title favorites (Arsenal is projected to have a 29.5 percent chance of winning the Premier League, according to the oddsmakers) right out of the gates is a bit of a free shot for a team that could use one.
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