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Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has been dropped by interim manager Ralf Rangnick for Saturday's Premier League match at Arsenal.

Maguire has endured a difficult week. I can only tell you, never in my life will I be part of Instagram. But Eric Bailly was not the man to replace Maguire in Rangnick's team to face Arsenal. Both defenders were named among the substitutes with Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof starting at center-back.

Arsenal boosted their chances of a top-four finish as Granit Xhaka capitalised on a Bruno Fernandes penalty miss.

Dalot then hit the post after a Ronaldo pass while Tavares was fortunate not to be penalised for a challenge on Elanga on the fringes of the area. McTominay worked Ramsdale and, when Ronaldo spun and lashed home after a Fernandes headed flick, he was denied by the tightest of offside calls. He was reprieved when Fernandes stuttered, hopped and dragged his kick against the outside of a post. The same could be said of Tavares’s decision to jump for a United corner with his arm outstretched. Their last line was all over the place, and soon let Eddie Nketiah in for a one-on-one chance. The excellent Bukayo Saka shaped a shot for the far corner which was tipped out by De Gea at full stretch, but the United defence remained on their heels, particularly Dalot, and Tavares was able to tap home.

It was a highly charged, incident-packed encounter from start to finish. Nuno Tavares and Bukayo Saka fired us into a two-goal lead inside half an hour, before ...

He found space inside the box, beat his man superbly, but blazed a shot high and wide. United had been a threat throughout the opening half hour, and pulled a goal back through Cristiano Ronaldo, who stole in at the far post to fire home a looping cross. The first half was action-packed, and had flown by. Moments later Nketiah thought he had beaten the keeper, only for the goal to be ruled out by VAR for a very close offside call. The crowd were up for it from the kick off, and the team responded immediately. There were just two minutes on the clock when Tavares gave us the lead.

Arsenal's chaotic 3-1 victory over Manchester United underlined why the clubs vying for fourth place in the Premier League need it so desperately.

"But again, this is why we have a VAR, and you should expect if the referee plus the VAR check, they should in the end take the right decision. We were at least unlucky, but again, we have to get better at defending the box. If he is to be the focal point of a new United side, the 27-year-old has to find more efficiency in his play than this. "My belief is that we are going to give it a real go; we can win football matches, but the margins are going to be really small and we have to be very aware of that," Arteta said postmatch. But Fernandes was so wasteful in open play that the worst thing he could have done was turn his penalty into a pass, rolling the ball against Ramsdale's right-hand post. Neither team can be relied upon for any consistency if they continue to defend like this and yet, back-to-back wins -- following three consecutive defeats -- elevated Arsenal into fourth place ahead of Tottenham's trip to Brentford later in the day.

Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Erik ten Hag as the club's new First Team Manager, with the Dutchman set to have his say on a number of ...

But according to reports in Spain, Ten Hag is ready to make a clean break and make Barca’s De Jong ‘the leader of the project’ when he arrives in England this summer. Ten Hag is set to conduct a major overhaul in the summer, putting his own stamp on the playing staff. But with his appointment now announced, thoughts are already turning to how Ten Hag will go about arresting the slide which has set in at the Red Devils.

Cristiano Ronaldo had scored two out of three penalties for Man United this season but passed on the chance to take another against Arsenal that Bruno ...

"But we didn't and after being 1-0 down after four minutes in a game like this didn't make life easy for us. "I think we showed a response, an improved performance compared to the game at Liverpool," Rangnick added. Fernandes was then at fault for Granit Xhaka's clincher in the 70th minute that sealed a 3-1 win for Arsenal.

Ralf Rangnick appeared to take a swipe at Jesse Lingard when he was questioned about the atmosphere in Manchester United's dressing room.

I don't see there is an issue in regard to the locker room.' 'Anthony Elanga was arm-in-arm with [Tavares], the other player with him. I had a quick chat with Jesse the other day and I'm sure he won't mind me saying he said the dressing room is just a disaster.' They checked it but for whatever reason still gave the goal. This is for me normal but I think the whole group get on reasonable with each other, I'm not daring to say they get on well with each other. It's a disaster of a dressing room.

United then responded, just minutes later, through Cristiano Ronaldo's 100th Premier League goal, but Bruno Fernandes hit a post with a penalty before Granit ...

39 then played in Fernandes on the edge of the area, with Gabriel quickest to react as he managed to block the Portugal international’s lofted effort on goal. The Gunners then thought they had doubled their advantage, as Saka played in Nketiah to fire home, before VAR intervened and ruled out the forward’s goal for offside. Ralf Rangnick’s side were in the ascendancy as the game approached the 25-minute mark, with Jadon Sancho beginning to come alive. There was still time for more chances at both ends, with the two sides attacking with real intent. After just a mere two minutes of proceedings at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal took the lead through full-back Tavares. Xhaka’s cross found Saka inside the area, with David De Gea called into action to deny him initially. Ramsdale then was almost caught red-faced soon after, as his kick-out was short and fell kindly to McTominay after 11 minutes.

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has selected his side to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The Reds must win in the capital to retain ...

The early start presents United with an opportunity to respond to the poor performance at Liverpool on Tuesday and maintain an unbeaten league run in London that stretches back to 1 January 2020, when today's opponents beat us 2-0. Bruno's fellow Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo spearheads the team after missing the Anfield game due to compassionate leave, with Scott McTominay fit enough to play in midfield after being an unused substitute on Merseyside. The Reds must win in the capital to retain any real hope of making next season's Champions League but meet a Gunners side high on confidence again after a brilliant 4-2 win at Chelsea in midweek ended a run of three successive defeats.