Arsenal introduced Declan Rice for Eberechi Eze in the second half, and later Viktor Gyokeres for the impressive Jesus. And it was the Swede who added their third, bending the ball into the net from outside the penalty area after a counter-attack set up by Gabriel Martinelli’s wonderful pass.

Few fixtures in Premier League history evoke memories quite like clashes between Arsenal and Manchester United. While the clubs' respective glories may have faded since their era-defining rivalry of the late 1990s and early 2000s,