Such is life for the modern
Manchester United that the first point to make is that their supporters no longer need to check the bottom half of the
Premier League table to find their team.
This result lifts them from 11th to 10th, just above the jagged line. It is still not where they want to be – but
Arsenal did enough, ultimately, to warrant a point from a thud-and-blunder evening that demonstrated how far these old rivals have to go before they can harbour realistic title ambitions. On this evidence it is going to be a long way back. Scott McTominay did score a peach of a goal for United but, last season included, the difficult truth for Ole Gunnar Solskjær is that his team have not managed more than one goal in 11 of their last 12 league fixtures.