200 million yuan purchases result in goalkeeper "detonating"? Manchester United lost to Arsenal in the first game, exposing the fatal weakness!

If there was a new blow to Manchester United at the beginning of the new season, it was: they worked hard to fix some important problems in the summer, but chose to ignore another obvious hidden danger.

The consequences of this choice are fully and painfully displayed in the sunshine of Old Trafford. Since being beaten by Tottenham in the Europa League final in Bilbao last season and ended in extreme powerlessness and despair, Manchester United has invested about £200 million in the attacking line.

Judging from the early performance of this Premier League opening game, they did buy good players. Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo performed well on the right, and Ruben Amorin's team played a lot of aggressive offensive football in the game. Matthews Cunia also had some highlights, while power forward Benjamin Sesco made a substitute when the team played more straight into the final stages.

However, for some reason, Manchester United never solved the goalkeeper problem - and the decision took them a bite in this game. Manchester United's No. 1 goalkeeper Onana has performed mediocrely in the past two seasons and has been abandoned directly in this game, which says it all. The problem is that his substitute, Baindir, directly "throwed" the winning goal into his own goal in the 13th minute of the game.

This was a blow, and even though Manchester United tried their best, they finally failed to recover from it.

In terms of set pieces, Arsenal's physical confrontation is sometimes almost close to a foul. Arteta's team was highly praised for its fine set-piece routine last season, but this does not mean that pushing and blocking are in line with the rules. However, this time their actions are still within a "reasonable range".

Declan Rice's corner kick on the Straford stand side was of extremely high quality, and Baindill - who had made similar mistakes before - was completely unable to handle the legal collision of Arsenal defender William Saliba.

In fact, Manchester United goalkeeper almost didn't take off and just took the racket back to his goal. As a result, Arsenal defender Ricardo Calafiori pushed the ball into the ball at a close distance. In fact, even if the ball did not make a follow-up shot, it was about to enter.

So, Manchester United was defeated again in a familiar way, which made people have to question why Old Trafford's signing team has not solved this obvious fatal problem so far. Amorin said after the game that they would not strengthen, but maybe they have to change their minds now - the transfer window will be closed in two weeks.

This is indeed a regret for Amorin and his team. Manchester United actually performed stronger in this game, and played better than before under the Portuguese coach.

For example, when the game is about 1 hour, Manchester United's possession rate has exceeded 65%, and firmly suppresses the opponent's half. This kind of scene was once the norm at Old Trafford, but later authority and confidence were gradually replaced by fear.

In the past few seasons, Manchester United has relied too much on counterattacks and lacked the players and wisdom to dominate the rhythm and mobility of the game. But this time it wasn't. They are still imperfect and far from being perfect. The way of conceding the ball is very bad, and teams with such mistakes usually don't win the championship. No wonder Amorin looked harsh and irritable after the game.

Overall, Manchester United is smoother and more threatening in the game. Mbeumo is particularly dangerous, allowing him to form one-on-one opportunities on the wing many times, and even directly faces the goal-scoring hero Karafiori.

Another new player, Cesco, did not start, while Arsenal's new forward Victor Yorkez made the start. But his performance was almost useless and he was replaced by Arteta after an hour of playing. Arsenal played better after he left the field and Havertz came on as a substitute.

Manchester United could have backed off after conceding the ball, but they didn't. Mbeumo got a lot of opportunities to feed the ball, although the results were not good when the team chose high-altitude balls to find Cunia and Mount.

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya didn't have much divine pounce. In fact, it was not until the 73rd minute that he saved a header from Mbewumo, which was his most outstanding moment in the whole game.

But in the first half, Mbeumo and Cunya also tested Raya many times, while left wingback Patrick Dorgu also hit the post. Cunia even threw Rice away from the bottom line and passed a very threatening low goal.

In contrast, Arsenal has few threats. Yorkress performed poorly, Saka was almost invisible, and Rice and his new partner Zubi Mendy failed to really control the midfield. This is very abnormal for the Gunners.

You should know that Arsenal has played better than this game in Old Trafford in the past few seasons, but still has not won. This time, although they played poorly, they persisted until the end because they took the lead early.

In the second half, Manchester United still had a threat. Mbeumo's barb was resolved by Raya in the 65th minute, and then the header was saved again. By the final stage, Manchester United's physical fitness has declined. Amorin replaced Sesco, Amad Diallo, Ugat and Maguire, but did not change the game.

Instead, Arsenal began to play more comfortably. Rice almost expanded the score with a free kick as the game was approaching the end of the game, but unfortunately he hit the side net.

Manchester United still counterattacked before the end of the game. Saliba's defense against Cunia in the small penalty area did not seem to have touched the ball, but referee Simon Hooper did not make a penalty.

The last two set pieces were their chance. In the last 90 seconds of injury time, they won a corner kick. But the result is obvious – Arsenal showed their toughness in set pieces, which is exactly what Manchester United lacks.