Arsenal Analysed: 5 reasons we started with a win

Gabriel and the rest of our players celebrate beating Manchester UnitedThe 2025/26 Premier League season is underway, and we began it with three points on the board thanks to a 1-0 win against Manchester United.

Riccardo Calafiori grabbed the only goal of the game to settle things at Old Trafford, but there were many other impressive displays on the park as Mikel Arteta got the chance to see some of his new signings gel with familiar faces.

Adrian Clarke has pored through the footage again and dug into the stats to find out why we were victorious on matchday one:

RESILIENCE APLENTY

Struggling to find our usual flow or quality in possession, and with members of our back four being pulled out of…