Man United win at Arsenal: are they Champions League-bound?
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
The Athletic
4.6 • 771 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Amazing strikes from a resurgent Patrick Dorgu and supersub Matheus Cunha gave Manchester United a massive win at the Emirates Stadium after Bryan Mbeumo's first half equaliser set Arsenal hearts fluttering.
Michael Carrick now has the shortest, most impressive resume, of any interim manager. Is it unfair to completely dismiss him as an option to take the job permanently? And how have the last few days changed our perception of what a Manchester United manager should be.
However things progress over the next few months, a more acute change in mood is difficult to imagine. United now sit fourth in the Premier League; are they in pole position (outside the top 3) to take a Champions League spot next season?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C |
| 0:10.0 | On Super Mendez Demos on to it and Enverbo equalizes for Manchester United. |
| 0:20.1 | Torku, Fernandez, Torku, Fennandez, Torgu again, Patrick. him. Toku. |
| 0:21.7 | Fernandez. |
| 0:22.9 | Tornandez. |
| 0:24.0 | Torgu again. |
| 0:25.3 | Patrick Togo! |
| 0:26.2 | Oh! |
| 0:28.3 | He has hit a bouncer! |
| 0:34.1 | Nainu. |
| 0:37.2 | You're on the turn. |
| 0:44.5 | Oh, what a hit hit from Matthias Cunya. |
| 0:48.9 | And Manchester United having again. |
| 0:50.9 | What a strike. |
| 0:56.4 | This is Talk the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:58.5 | Coming up today, guess what we're going to talk about? |
| 1:03.0 | We are going to talk about Arsenal 2, Manchester United 3. |
| 1:08.4 | What a result again, what a performance again, what a feeling on Monday morning again. |
| 1:11.0 | What a set of goals from Matthias Cunia and Patrick Dogger and Brian and Bumos wasn't bad either, was it? We're going to pour over every |
| 1:14.8 | single detail and talk about exactly how Michael Carrick has had this impact on this team so |
| 1:21.5 | quickly. We're here there and everywhere this morning. Loris's with me here in the studio in |
| 1:25.9 | Manchester and he's at home, |
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