![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/fernandes-celebrates-man-utd-captaincy-with-goal-as-ramsdale-error-costs-arsenal/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OQ-OFF-PLATFORM-ARSENAL-UNITED.jpg&description=BRU'S THE DADDY Published : 0:03, 23 Jul 2023 Updated : 0:21, 23 Jul 2023 NEW skipper Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho blasted a more fired-up Manchester United side to a warm-up win over Arsenal in New Jersey. Declan Rice was quiet on his first Gunners start following a £105million switch from West Ham, although he lasted nearly an hour. 6 Bruno Fernandes celebrates drilling Man Utd in front on 30 mins Credit: Getty 6 Declan Rice shows his frustration in his first start for Arsenal as he played almost an hour before being taken off against Man Utd Credit: Getty 6 Jadon Sancho surges into the box to clip the Red Devils 2-0 up Credit: Getty And Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale misjudged a fizzing 20-yarder from Fernandes to concede United's bottom corner opener on the half-hour. Centre-back Gabriel was almost as dozy seven minutes later, enabling Sancho to surge into the right of the box and flash home the second goal. A scrappy contest tailed off after the interval amid an inevitable clutch of substitutions. But United might be worried by winger Amad Diallo limping away down the touchline - after lasting just 13 minutes as a sub himself. However, the Red Devils then rounded off their satisfactory afternoon stateside by completing the "double" - as they won a penalty shootout 5-3. 6 Jadon Sancho salutes his fiercely-taken goal to double United's lead Credit: AFP 6 Bukayo Saka was busy early on for the Gunners but Man Utd then struck twice Credit: Getty 6 Eddie Nketiah tries to evade Man Utd players at the MetLife Stadium Credit: Getty){kind=link}
MIKEL ARTETA was given plenty of food for thought as his Arsenal stars were handed a painful pre-season lesson by rejuvenated United.
With the exceptions of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus, Arteta started this high-profile showdown in New Jersey’s giant Metlife Stadium with his strongest possible team.
That meant first starts for Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber and Kai Havertz in their new club’s colours.
But even that £200million trio was not enough to hold off Erik ten Hag’s fired-up team as goals from Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho secured bragging rights for United.
It was during last summer’s pre-season tour of the US that Arsenal first showed that they were going to be serious players when they battered Chelsea 4-0 in Orlando.