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Arteta gets first win as Gunners boss following comfortable win over a lackluster Manchester United (Premier League Round-up)

Arteta gets first win as Gunners boss following comfortable win over a lackluster Manchester United (Premier League Round-up)
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Mikel Arteta has his first win as the new Arsenal manager.

His Gunners side beat Manchester United 2-nil at the Emirates in the Premier League last night.

The goals both came in the first half from Nicolas Pepe (pron: Pep-ay) and Sokratis.

Arteta was delighted with his players at full-time; "I am very pleased with the performance, I'm even more pleased with the result that we needed, all the things I demanded and I wanted to see on that pitch actually happened today".

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The result means the north Londoners are 10th in the table - nine points from the top four, while United stay fifth.

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Elsewhere yesterday, West Ham made a flying start under David Moyes with a 4-nil victory over Bournemouth,

Leicester City beat Newcastle 3-nil at St. James' Park,

Manchester City enjoyed a 2-1 win at home against Everton,

Tottenham lost 1-nil at Southampton - and will be worried after striker Harry Kane went off with an injury,

Chelsea drew 1-all at Brighton, while Aston Villa moved out of the relegation places with a 2-1 win at Burnley and 10-man Watford beat Wolves by the same scoreline.

Liverpool will look to regain their 13 point advantage at the top of the table tonight.

The Reds welcome Sheffield United to Anfield.

New striker Takumi Minamino isn't expected to feature for the Reds due to registration regulations.

Kick off is at 8-o'clock.

Meanwhile, Huddersfield Town say they will carry out an investigation into sectarian abuse towards Republic of Ireland international and Stoke City winger James McClean.

Their Championship clash, which Stoke won 5-2, at the John Smith's Stadium was halted for a period to allow the referee to address both managers.

McClean had reported that he had received abuse from the crowd and he applauded when the announcement was made over the loudspeakers, where fans were warned that 'offensive behaviour will not be tolerated'.

 

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