Manchester United's 18-pass goal that showed Erik ten Hag's philosophy in one minute

It begins with a pat on the back for Antony from Diogo Dalot and ends around a minute later with the Manchester United players swarming over their new teammate in front of the Arsenal fans.

Twice during the passage of United possession, the away end had cheered what they presumed to be failings of Erik ten Hag's philosophy. Little did they realise they were in the process of being silenced by one of the best team goals the Premier League will witness this season.

Dalot himself called it a "beautiful, beautiful team goal" and in among the narratives that emerged from a pulsating contest it does feel like it hasn't had the credit it deserves. United remain a work in progress under Ten Hag, despite four successive victories, but encapsulated in this 18-pass move, lasting exactly one minute and involving all 11 players, were so many of the principles he wants his team to follow.

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United gain possession through work rate, with Dalot and Antony double teaming Gabriel Martinelli to force the Arsenal winger out of play around 20 yards from goal.

On 33:20 Dalot takes the throw-in to Bruno Fernandes, who immediately switches play to Tyrell Malacia, with the left-side of the pitch open after a throw on the right.

From there the ball is transferred between Malacia, Christian Eriksen, Jadon Sancho, Scott McTominay and Dalot, before going to Antony. He spends four seconds showing some fancy footwork that fails to confuse Oleksandr Zinchenko.

This is where the mockery of the Arsenal fans begins, but crucially Antony accepted there was no way past and kept the ball. He goes back to Dalot, who finds Raphael Varane and the ball on goes on to Lisandro Martinez.

At this point,