Manchester United left Tyson Fury 'gutted' hours before Dillian Whyte fight

WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was in attendance for Manchester United's defeat to Arsenal and was left "gutted" by the result hours before his knockout win over Dillian Whyte.

The Gypsy King headlined the bill at Wembley Stadium but earlier in the day had watched United slump to a 3-1 loss at the Emirates. Fury is a United supporter and commented on the appointment of Erik ten Hag last week.

His promoter and Arsenal fan, Frank Warren, was speaking to talkSPORT in light of Fury's sixth-round knockout win on Saturday. He said: “We went to Arsenal and watched Arsenal beat Man United.

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"Tyson was absolutely gutted about that, he’s a Man United supporter. But I thought Arsenal doing the business was a good omen."

Mikel Arteta's side raced into an early lead thanks to goals from Nuno Tavares and Bukayo Saka before Cristiano Ronaldo halved the deficit before half-time. United squandered a golden opportunity to level the scoring midway through the second half as Bruno Fernandes clipped the post from the spot before Granit Xhaka fired home to secure the points.

United face Chelsea on Thursday as they aim to get back to winning ways. They currently sit sixth, four points behind Tottenham Hotspur and six behind Arsenal.

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