In today's friendly match Manchester United was defeated by Arsenal, it seems that Man United's performance is still the same as last season, they have not been able to perform better than the top clubs in the Premier League (Arsenal and Manchester City) I think Man United will still have difficulty competing in the top 3 EPL if their performance does not improve. Even though I thought Man United could win the match after Rasmus Hojlund scored a quick goal in the first 10 minutes and they could add more goals in the remaining minutes, it turned out that was the only goal scored.
I see the line-up of both clubs are their mainstay players so I think they take this match quite seriously to see how well they are prepared so far.
Source : arsenal vs man utd
https://g.co/kgs/s5CW1ktManchester United and Arsenal used this match as a tester for their performance. I never took the result from this match seriously. I think you're only watching the game for the result. It's just a friendly match, but you saw it as a serious game.
Look at there being some improvements made by Manchester United here.
1. Hojlung becomes even more confident with his squad.
2. Rashford performance was so average in this game, and yet again he is very slow in this match.
3. Amass played very well, and Manchester United can save some money to be spent on a new LB.
4. Mount looked very energetic in this game, but he was not good enough.
5. Many mistakes by Onana, and he must take care of it.
6. Anthony played like a mediocre winger, and he doesn't deserve a spot as RW.
Don't judge Manchester United based on their pre-season loss to Arsenal. They can still compete for the title. There's still enough time for Ten Hag to improve it.