Arsenal’s 2-0 win over
Manchester United shows new manager may already have discovered how to make the most of £72m signingWelcome to the Emirates, Nicolas Pépé. We’ve been expecting you. On a chilly, boisterous night in north
London, Arsenal’s £72m record signing produced a fine attacking performance that was startling in more ways than one.
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Startling first of all because Pépé was able to unpick the left side of Manchester United’s defence with such ease that the heavy-legged, heavy-footed, and indeed heavy Luke Shaw looked genuinely lost at times, a single stone Easter Island head planted in the sand, watching on in sombre silence as a game of football took place around him.