Gary Lineker highlights incredible Arsenal fact after loss to Man United

It started with a memento and ended with a Fergie time victor.

The Belgium worldwide flicked a header past Gunners goalkeeper David Ospina from an Ashley Young cross.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in his post-match comments said that his young team gave a good account of themselves, adding that they deserved a little more. “Iwobi has a hamstring problem”.

Fans of the lovely game struggled not to be touched by the moment. It wouldn’t be fair to them if we came down here for a holiday.

A sixth successive defeat away from home in the Premier League will be irrelevant if Wenger can inspire a tunraround away to Atletico Madrid as United tighten their grip on second place in the table.

But the 68-year-old said he does not expect to be back at Old Trafford next season locking horns with old rival Jose Mourinho – who, along with former United boss Alex Ferguson, presented Wenger with a pre-match gift. I am in unknown territory. “Will I take a break?”

The 20-year-old has been regularly training with the first team and was surprisingly called-up by Wenger for Arsenal trip to Old Trafford this afternoon.

Arsenal keeper Ospina went down in pain after a collision with Fellaini as the pair challenged for a cross but was able to continue after treatment and Arsenal made another change, Mkhitaryan making way for Joe Willock as the game entered its final quarter of an hour.

There was no flawless ending to Arsene Wenger’s iconic 22-season rivalry with Manchester United. They did very well for the most part.

“I don’t think it’s something, or I hope it’s not, that in this moment keeps him immediately out of a game that is in three weeks’ time”.

It was the youngest side put out for a Premier League game by Wenger in almost seven years but with the Europa League offering the only chance of Champions League soccer for his sixth-placed team, it was an understandable choice. Can he show that in a big game?

“I knew they would drop into the block, normally 1-1 is a good result for them, without Lukaku they were more comfortable to drop the block as the Greek boy [Mavropanos] and [Calum] Chambers knew they would dominate Marcus [Rashford] in the air in the air, so we needed a second presence”. He surprised everyone with his quality today. We are going to try to do it next Sunday.