LONDON – Antony scored on his dream debut for Manchester United as the Brazilian’s medical strike and Marcus Rashford’s double impressed a 3-1 win that ended Arsenal’s perfect start to the Premier League season on Sunday.

Antony was making his first look after signing from United supervisor Erik ten Hag’s former membership Ajax in an £82 million ($94 million) deal on Thursday.

Full of flicks, tips and purposeful motion, the 22-year-old ahead took simply 35 minutes to get on the scoresheet in a blinding introduction to his new followers at Old Trafford.

Arsenal hit again to equalise via Bukayo Saka, however Rashford blew the leaders away with two targets within the house of 9 second-half minutes after Antony was changed by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Thanks to Antony and Rashford, United have been in a position to have fun a fourth successive victory that lifted them to fifth place.

Opening his reign with consecutive losses towards Brighton and Brentford was a humbling expertise for Ten Hag.

But since then, the Dutch coach has began to place his imprint on a United facet that look much more organised than the shambolic unit that completed sixth within the Premier League final season.

Arsenal’s first defeat this time period after 5 successive wins was merciless on Mikel Arteta’s males, who contributed loads to an engrossing encounter however paid the worth for some naive defending.

Arsenal thought that they had snatched the lead within the twelfth minute as Gabriel Martinelli raced away from Diogo Dalot to clip a wonderful end over David de Gea.

But VAR intervened to ask Paul Tierney to examine for a foul within the build-up and the referee dominated Martin Odegaard pushed Christian Eriksen to steal possession.

Antony put United forward within the thirty fifth minute when Rashford’s deft move reached the ahead, who took benefit of Arsenal’s sloppy marking to comb a composed end into the far nook from eight yards.

Antony kissed his badge and posed for the tv cameras in a flamboyant celebration that despatched Old Trafford into raptures, incomes a ticking off from Tierney for sticking the ball up his shirt in entrance of the Arsenal followers.

AUDACIOUS ANTONY

Confidence clearly was not an issue for Antony and he even tried an audacious lob that stored Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale on his toes.

Antony departed to a standing ovation after 58 minutes to get replaced by Ronaldo.

Saka silenced Old Trafford two minutes later as Arsenal grabbed a deserved equaliser.

Odegaard’s move unhinged the United defence and when Dalot’s sort out on Gabriel Jesus diverted the ball to Saka, the England winger slotted house with ease.

But United caught Arsenal with a superb counter within the 66th minute.

Playing via the Arsenal press, Eriksen discovered Bruno Fernandes and his very good move despatched Rashford galloping clear to fireside previous Ramsdale.

United wrapped up the factors with a duplicate of their second objective as Arsenal as soon as once more left themselves open on the again and this time Eriksen fed Rashford to fit house.

In Sunday’s early sport, Brighton prolonged their very good start to the season with a 5-2 victory that left backside of the desk Leicester in turmoil.

Graham Potter’s fourth-placed facet made it 4 wins from their first six video games due to a second-half surge on the Amex Stadium.

Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester forward within the first minute, however a Luke Thomas personal objective and Moises Caicedo’s strike gave Brighton the benefit.

Patson Daka equalised for Leicester, however the struggling guests collapsed after half-time as Leandro Trossard put Brighton in entrance earlier than Alexis Mac Allister’s double sealed the rout.

Leicester have taken only one level from their first six video games, dropping 5 in a row to depart boss Brendan Rodgers below extreme stress.

“The simplicity goes out of your game if you lack confidence,” Rodgers mentioned.

“I don’t listen to the outside noise. You put the hard yards in and work, not shirk responsibility.

“The outcomes are right down to me. I’m the supervisor. We must go away and work even tougher to get that first win.”

LONDON – Manchester United had been the largest spenders on the Premier League’s switch deadline day as they splashed out £82 million ($94 million) on Ajax ahead Antony, whereas Chelsea’s frenzied spree culminated with a swoop for Barcelona ahead Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Against the background of Britain’s price of dwelling disaster, Premier League golf equipment confirmed no warning, reportedly breaking the all-time file spending complete for a whole season with an unbelievable £2 billion altering palms in only one switch window.

The earlier £1.86 billion file from 2017-18 was surpassed as a result of United and their home rivals discovered no outlandish charge or wage calls for past them.

As of final Thursday, gross spending by the 20 Premier League groups stood at £1.5 billion, surpassing the 2017 file of £1.43 billion spent by English golf equipment in a single close-season window.

United supervisor Erik ten Hag has been accountable for a big chunk of the spending after returning to his former membership Ajax to signal Antony.

The 22-year-old Brazilian is the fourth-most-expensive participant in Premier League historical past.

“This is an incredible moment in my career to be joining one of the most iconic clubs in the world,” Antony mentioned.

United had a busy window, signing Casemiro for £60 million from Real Madrid and Lisandro Martinez from Ajax for £56 million.

Ten Hag sealed one other cheaper deal on Thursday as Newcastle keeper Martin Dubravka arrived on a season-long mortgage to function back-up to David de Gea.

Even United’s spending pales in comparison with Chelsea, who splashed out round £240 million as their new American homeowners made a major assertion of their first window.

Having lastly landed Leicester defender Wesley Fofana for a reported £70 million on Wednesday, Blues boss Thomas Tuchel reunited with Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who thrived below the German throughout their time at Borussia Dortmund.

The 33-year-old price £10.3 million as he returned to the Premier League 9 months after leaving Arsenal following his rift with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.

“I’m really happy. It’s an honour to be part of this team and I can’t wait to start. I have some unfinished business with the Premier League so it’s good to be back and really exciting,” Aubameyang mentioned.

‘BEST FOR THE CLUB’

Manchester City strengthened their injury-hit defence by signing Swiss worldwide Manuel Akanji on a five-year deal from Dortmund.

Akanji will present the Premier League champions with further defensive depth after current accidents to centre-backs Aymeric Laporte and Nathan Ake.

“City have been one of the best teams in Europe over the last few seasons. Coming here feels like the perfect next step in my career,” mentioned Akanji, who price City a reported £17 million.

Akanji is City’s second raid on Dortmund this summer season after their £50 million deal for Norway striker Erling Haaland.

With the window closing at 2200 GMT, Liverpool made a late move by signing Arthur Melo on a season-long mortgage from Juventus in response to their midfield harm issues.

The 26-year-old Brazilian mentioned: “I’m really happy to be here wearing this great shirt with this famous badge that represents so much in world football. It’s a dream.”

Leicester moved rapidly to interchange Fofana by signing Belgian Wout Faes from Ligue 1 aspect Reims, their first main acquisition of the summer season.

Fulham signed Paris Saint-Germain left-back Layvin Kurzawa on a season-long mortgage and took Wales winger Daniel James on mortgage from Leeds.

The Cottagers additionally introduced Willian again to the Premier League after the Brazilian winger left Corinthians in August.

Willian, previously of Chelsea and Arsenal, agreed a one-year contract, saying: “I’m happy to be back in the Premier League. Fulham is a club that wants to improve, that wants to fight for something bigger.”

Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye returned to Everton from PSG for a nominal charge on a two-year contract.

The 32-year-old performed for Everton from 2016 to 2019 earlier than transferring to PSG.

Brighton signed Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour from Chelsea for £7.5 million.

Wolves let Leander Dendoncker go away, with the Belgian midfielder becoming a member of Aston Villa for £13 million.

Southampton signed Manchester City’s youngsters Samuel Edozie and Juan Larios for a mixed £16 million, landed Croatia centre-back Duje Caleta-Car from Marseille and took Ainsley Maitland-Niles on mortgage from Arsenal.