A third defeat in four games has left Man United already playing catch up and those who under-performed last season are back on form.
Manchester United dropped more points against Brighton on Saturday and while the season is still in it's infancy, the gap to their major top-four rivals is increasing.
United secured Champions League football thanks to a third-place finish last season, taking advantage of unusually poor campaigns for the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham. But the problem they are now facing is that most of those have kicked on while they have stagnated. Arsenal also took three points off United before the international break, breathing a sigh of relief to see Alejandro Garnacho's effort disallowed and then going on to score twice themselves. The Gunners have learned from last season's title challenge and invested heavily over the summer.
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