Ruben Amorim could do something he has never done as Manchester United head coach vs Arsenal

Manchester United have set themselves a standard to try and maintain ahead of Sunday's FA Cup third round tie against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Sunday's 2-2 draw with Liverpool at Anfield marked United's best performance of the Ruben Amorim era thus far and they will be determined to build on it when they kick-off their defence of their FA Cup crown.

United, despite the encouraging nature of their performance against Liverpool, will travel to the capital as underdogs. Furthermore, they have not won at the Emirates since January 2019.

Ahead of the draw with Arne Slot's side last time out, Amorim, in a pre-match interview with MUTV released on Saturday, spoke of the improvements he had seen from his team having finally had the opportunity to spend a decent amount of time on the training pitch.

"Really good," said Amorim when asked how training had been ahead of the trip to Anfield. "It's so much different when you, for example, have two trainings [sessions] to have everybody, to explain the idea, to work on the little things, and you are happier.

"You feel that you are improving and that is the feeling that I have had this week. Let's see on the game."

The improvements Amorim had seen in training translated onto the pitch at Anfield. United, who had lost a fourth game on the bounce ahead of the trip to Merseyside, being beaten 2-0 by Newcastle United, produced the kind of characteristics that had been missing in previous games.

To a man, United were excellent. It was hard to find fault with anyone's individual performance, meaning Amorim, for the very first time since succeeding Erik ten Hag at the start of November, might feel confident enough to name an unchanged team in the capital.

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