Soaked by the rain swirling around Arsenal's stadium, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer watched helplessly as his dream Premier League start as Manchester United manager was brought to a halt.
After 12 unbeaten matches across three months since Jose Mourinho's firing, United finally lost in the league under the interim manager on Sunday.
Granit Xhaka's swerving potentially wind-assisted strike flew past goalkeeper David De Gea in the first half. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted a second-half penalty to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory after Alexandre Lacazette was bundled over in the penalty area by Fred.
"You have to be disappointed with the result," said Solskjaer, who had 10 wins and two draws in the league.
"But the performance, as you say, was a good one."
"It is going to be down to the wire. Down to the last few games. Definitely. We've given ourselves a great chance to be in that fight."
FIELD INVASIONS
LIVERPOOL COMEBACK
"We had the perfect mixture of fighting the opponent, fighting the circumstances and playing football. That was really good and I liked it."
CHELSEA RECOVERY
"In the last six matches, we won four matches and drew the other two. So there is a little consistency in this moment. We have one match in hand, so we have to be confident."
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