Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United

Injury-time goals from Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus gave us a dramatic late comeback win at Emirates Stadium.

Marcus Rashford had fired the visitors ahead on 27 minutes with their first attack, only for Martin Odegaard to immediately crash home a leveller.

Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka both spurned good chances – either side if the interval – and the second-half had been dominated by two big VAR interventions. The first revered a penalty decision, when it appeared Havertz had been fouled, the second ruled out a late United goal for offside.

But the real drama was yet to come. A corner fell to Rice at the far post in the 96th minute, and he controlled on his chest before crashing home his shot inside the near post.

Emirates Stadium was bouncing, and with virtually the last kick of the game Jesus raced away to add a late third on the break.

Mikel Arteta had reverted to the back four that served us so well for most of last season, with Ben White back at right back in place of the injured Thomas Partey.

We had a great chance to take the lead after a quarter of an hour. Declan Rice started the move, biting into a challenge in midfield to launch a counter attack. Martin Odegaard laid the ball off inside the box to Havertz, on his left foot ten yards from goal, but the German failed to make decent contact, and the opportunity went begging.

It was United who netted first, albeit against the run of play. Havertz saw his crossfield ball cut out, and Christian Eriksen released Marcus Rashford in a flash. As the defenders backed off, the England forward pressed on, before bending a right foot shot in off the post.

In injury time Bukayo Saka took aim from just outside the area after Nketiah laid off a corner to him, but his curler was blocked for another corner – our eighth of the half, an opening 45 minutes of which we had been on top, but failed to capitalise on our superiority.

On the hour mark we were awarded a penalty for a foul by Aaron Wan-Bissaka on Havertz, but referee Anthony Taylor changed his decision after a VAR review. He had apparently seen enough on the replay to deem his initial award was an obvious error.

The game entered eight minutes of injury time. In the sixth of those a speculative shot from Odegaard was deflected over for a corner. It was delivered deep, to Rice, who controlled on his chest, before arrowing home at the near post.

Emirates Stadium erupted, but we still had two minutes to see out. That’s when we added the gloss to an unforgettable afternoon. Vieira sprung forward on the counter, fed Jesus and he rolled home to put the icing on the cake.