Manchester United vs Arsenal: 3 Reasons why the Gunners held Red Devils at home | Premier League 2019/20

#1 Chances falling to the wrong players

Aubameyang scored with his only clear chance while Pepe struggled to get a coherent shot away with his three opportunities

A constant feature of Arsenal's play in the entirety of the first half was exposing Axel Tuanzebe in defence as he drifted inside or was caught too high on the pitch. It allowed Nicholas Pepe to often receive the ball in plenty of space, but on at least three occasions, the Arsenal new boy failed to concern De Gea.

Chances would also fall to Bukayo Saka and occasionally Lucas Torreira but none would truly trouble United's custodian. The one time a good chance fell Aubameyang's way, he made Manchester United pay.

The same held true for Manchester United, they created plenty of chances but they fell to the likes of Scott McTominay who did score the opener, but given the choice, wouldn't be leading the line to take shots for the Red Devils.

Both sides failed to get their forwards in scoring positions as they got involved more with build-up play than being available in the middle where they could do more damage. Although, on balance, Rashford had a couple more chances than Aubameyand and still managed to let defenders in and steal the ball away or block his shot.