Erik ten Hag hails 'missing link' Antony after Manchester United end Arsenal's perfect start to season

Erik ten Hag hailed Antony as the “missing link” to Manchester United’s attack after he scored on his Premier League debut in a 3-1 win over Arsenal. The Brazilian started just days after joining in an £86m deal from Ajax and netted the opener after 35 minutes. Ad Marcus Rashford followed up with two goals in the second half as Man Utd won their fourth game in a row.

Premier LeagueSaka confident of signing new Arsenal contract30/08/2022 AT 22:42 Asked about Antony’s impact, Ten Hag told Sky Sports: “We can make speed and creativity together, he will be a threat in the Premier League. “We were missing a player on the right wing, [Jadon] Sancho and Rashford can play there but they prefer the left so now we have the missing link who can play well on the right. He did well but I think he can do better, he had a great goal but all the goals were team goals.

«It's a process — you have to lift the standards every day. That is my demand and the players in our team have that demand, we have many players in the team who have won trophies and they have to bring that standard. Get the best out of them every day.” The win lifts Man Utd up to fifth, just three points behind leaders Arsenal.

Rashford double leads Man Utd past Arsenal Ten Hag explains decision to drop Ronaldo “I thought the first 10 minutes was the best we have played so far this season,” added Ten Hag. “But after the cancelled goal [Arsenal’s early disallowed goal] it wasn't as good. But we had a good team today, good team spirit, they fought, they recovered, Arsenal created chances but we scored great goals, we were great on the break.