Arsenal hit with big blow to title hopes after Man Utd’s revival under Carrick - live

"We have to learn from it. Defeats are part of winning and you have to take them and remind the players how good they are. When you draw or don't win and lose that's when you have to show the togetherness and unity.

"To get where we want to be, defeats are part of that for us, as for any team. We have to do the small things better than we have done today but sometimes with the goals you have to give credit to the opposition."

"First of all you have to congratulate Manchester United for the victory. It happened in a really strange way.

"We were really dominate in the first 30 minutes and we scored then we gave them the goal and that transformed the momentum and energy.

“After that we dropped the standard with the ball, then they had two magic moments with the goals they scored and in big games you need these moments.

"We were carrying that negativity but when we got it for 2-2 and you feel 'game on'. But then one long ball, one pass and Cunha scores so it's a very painful one.

"The players have given us so much joy and performances - they deserve to be reminded how good they are.”

"The performance definitely should've been better from us and we have to take the lesson and keep working.

"Every game is a big challenge, this is part of football. We are still top of the league so we have to keep going and bounce back straight away, that's the only medicine."

"It was not good enough from us and we need some time to analyse it. We should've done better but now is the time to stick together more, keep working, push each other more and bounce back.

"First half we were the better team, we scored a goal and had control but a lot of giveaways. We managed to get to 2-2 but then they scored straight away.

"It's never going to be easy in this league, we know that. I thought we were well prepared for the game, we started the game well and in the second we saw the momentum change a bit.”

As part of the post match reaction Sky Sports’ Micah Richards said: “Arsenal are still four points clear but there is still some question about the mental strength of Arsenal.

“Yes they lost the game but it's the way they lost it, they didn't produce enough to create danger for United.”

"I give a lot of credit to the staff and players in terms of how much they've invested and how much they've bought into it,” Carrick explained.

“It's alright trying to help them and say certain things but they've got to live it and they have done.

"You can see that with boys coming off the bench and it's a collective feeling. It's great when it comes together and everyone's in it and we can celebrate with the fans at the end. It's important and a big moment.

“My kids were in there, they're not kids anymore, that in itself is emotional, it's the passion, the excitement of these types of games and to come out on top is fantastic."

"Today, coming away we had to create own energy between us, and the away fans in the corner were incredible,” Carrick added.

“There's that element, playing away from home and understanding the phases of the game really, how it's going to develop and being patient, be disciplined at the right time. We took the ball well at times and played forward and really positive and got rewards from it.

"It's only been 10 days we know it's not going to be perfect. You can't expect to come here and dominate the ball.

“We're just starting off and it's a good starting point but we need to start putting some layers on top, and we'll try to do that in the coming weeks."

The Manchester United head coach said: "We understood the start of the game was going to be like that as much as we tried to turn the momentum in our favour. I think we understood how the game was going to go and the flow of it.

“I thought we started to take the ball and connections through the pitch, had that composure and a few moments gaining a bit of confidence as well.

"We were having a decent spell and seemed to be coming into the game when they scored, which was disappointing.

“Again, we showed the character to come back and there were stages in the game where you have to defend. They make you defend the box really and it's challenging at times, but I thought we had enough in the game to keep believing in the confidence and I always fancied us to score.”

Manchester United have won away to the side top of the Premier League for the first time since March 2021 (2-0 vs Manchester City under Ole Gunnar Solskjær), while it was the first time they had scored 3+ goals away to the league leaders since a 3-2 victory at Manchester City in April 2018, under Jose Mourinho.