Riccardo Calafiori famous after having marked for Arsenal against Manchester United (Photo by Michael Redan / Getty Images)
Riccardo Calafiori scored the first Arsenal goal of the new Premier League season, returning home from a corner of Declan Rice against Manchester United.
However, the Italian international received a lot of help from the guardian of the man Utd Altay Bayindir, who was not at all convincing from the corner of rice.
Look below while Calafiori has led to a distant post, Arsenal taking an early advance at Old Trafford this afternoon …
“A magic arsenal set”?
Riccardo Calafiori opens the scoring for the Gunners! pic.twitter.com/a1m2uj2cfe
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Calafiori was not even going to start this game after the immense form of Myles Lewis-Skelly on the back left last season, but he did well to have an instant impact for the side of Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal takes early advances, but can they keep three points at United?
Arsenal only made the beginning they wanted, but United also looked dangerous in the first minutes, so this game is far from over.
The artillerymen are often a threat of the sets, and Bayindir looks a little nervous in order, starting in place of the Andre Onana not yet in good shape.
It’s a good start for Arsenal to rely, but there is still a long way to go, and their record at Man UTD is not the best.
It will be interesting to see what type of answer we see on the side of Ruben Amorim today, but for the moment it looks like more frustration for the Portuguese tactician.
Amorim took a terrible start with the MUFC last season, but many will have expected more of them after a complete pre-season and new signatures.
Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo are both in the team today, but still having this impact that Murim and the club fans will have sought.
