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MARTIN KEOWN: Arsenal midfield duo Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny were key to Gunners victory over Manchester United to end top-six away day hoodoo at Old Trafford

Arsenal had not won at Old Trafford since 2006. They had not beaten a Big Six side away from home since 2015.

But Mikel Arteta broke both of those hoodoos yesterday thanks to his dominant midfield two.

I was blessed to play behind some outstanding pairings in an Arsenal shirt, including Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit and Vieira and Gilberto Silva.

Arsenal's Thomas Partey (right) and Mohamed Elneny (left) starred in the win at Man United
The Gunners won 1-0 at Old Trafford thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (second left)'s goal

It’s an incredibly important job to act as that screen in front of the defence and Mohamed Elneny and Thomas Partey were solid here.

There has been a lot of attention on Partey as the summer signing.