The word of the summer in Arsenal circles has been ‘direct’ with the signings of Viktor Gyokeres and Noni Madueke hinting at a desire to go from back to front in fewer passes. Mikel Arteta’s team have been associated with control over the last few seasons and their dominance of territory has at times verged into sterile possession against deep defences.

All the reaction to the Premier League weekend as Arsenal open their campaign with a 1-0 win at Manchester United.

Arsenal open their Premier League campaign with a crucial 1-0 win at Manchester United, exposing the key differences between the two sides.

This was the weekend when the Premier League’s 2025-26 campaign began with wins for the usual title-challenging suspects — that will be Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal — and saw Sunderland make a raucous return to the top flight with an emphatic 3-0 victory over West Ham United.

Jonathan: United were superb. Huge improvements from the ineptitude of last season. Terrible from our keeper, although could have been a foul. Arsenal got very lucky - particularly with the obvious penalty for Cunha. Better days are definitely ahead. We all need to hold our nerve and back our charismatic and capable manager.

Arsenal is back in action for the 2025-26 Premier League season, with their first match kicking off this week.

Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday was far from a masterful performance against the better side but manager Mikel Arteta was delighted to escape from Old Trafford with all three points in their Premier League season-opener.

Manchester United fans got their first look at how Ruben Amorim plans to approach the campaign ahead following their season-opener defeat to Arsenal.While we can expect that Benjamin Sesko will be