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After Granit Xhaka - yep, Granit Xhaka - had rifled home a long-ranger to put this game beyond Manchester United, Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo had a short conversation before the restart.

It was hands-over-the mouth stuff but the looks of disgust on their faces told the story. How can we call ourselves one of the elite when we are rarely a step away from defensive calamity? When Erik ten Hag begins his rebuild, it has to start from the back.

This was a scoreline that flattered Arsenal but the bottom line is that there is almost always a shambles around the corner for this United team. It might be a truly laughable couple of moments at the back or it might be a missed penalty - both present and incorrect here - but, more often than not, it is something.

Presumably, Ten Hag was busy preparing for the Ajax game at NEC Nijmegen but when he catches up with the match at The Emirates, he will see how United’s faint hopes of securing a Champions League place evaporated in a haze of basic errors. It is now 51 goals conceded in the Premier League and that is unacceptable.

And amidst such headline faults, not enough is made of this United squad not being fit enough. They do not seem physically capable of sustained pressing and are not muscular enough in defence. Alex Telles’s forgettable performance