Lys Mousset marked his first league start for Sheffield United by scoring the goal that sent Sheffield United into the top half of the table and intensified doubts about Arsenal’s direction of travel. Unai Emery’s side would have vaulted to third in the table with a win here but never looked worthy of that perch. Chris Wilder’s men were more coherent and clinical.United went into this game on the back of three straight losses at home but Unai Emery is too well informed to have been misled by that record: the Arsenal manager knew his team would need to show steel in Sheffield. The question was whether he could find the formula to produce it from a squad who have been maddeningly brittle on the road for several years. Continue readingreadfullarticle
