Manchester United lost 1-0 to Arsenal but recorded 1.52 expected goals (xG) versus Arsenal's 1.31 and took 22 shots to Arsenal's nine. Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo forced high-quality saves from David Raya while Patrick Dorgu hit the post. Ruben Amorim called for the team to maintain consistency in performance for the remainder of the season, stating consistency means maintaining level and not dropping too much. Fulham are the next opponents; Marco Silva is described as experienced and tactically flexible. Fulham drew 1-1 with Brighton after Rodrigo Muniz's 97th-minute equalizer and have been quiet in the transfer market.
Marco Silva is really experienced and really smart. He can change several things, cover several spaces and you can see, game-by-game, that he tries to do that. They are really comfortable because they have the experience, they understand the league is long, so they will feel confident and relaxed for the game so it's going to be a tough match.
Every game has its history. The space and the opponent are not going to be the same, even the responsibility on the game could be a little bit different and that has a lot of influence on the game. So, we need to be consistent in our performance and consistency is not just playing in the same way, it's maintaining the level and not dropping too much, and I feel that pre-season is pre-season, but even in pre-season and against Arsenal, our consistency was good.
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