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

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.

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

Viktor Gyökeres made his Arsenal competitive debut at Old Trafford, but the Swedish forward was left frustrated as his influence on the match proved limited.Photo by Stu Forster/Getty ImagesViktor

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Arsenal struggled to get hold of the ball, with their number of passes into the final third and touches in the opposition penalty area being around half of their average last season.

"I still think they're a left winger short or left forward short... They were linked to Rodrygo, that could solve a lot of problems for them."