Gary Neville has claimed it was "something special" from Manchester United to get up to the level required to beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford in August.
The Sky Sports pundit praised new United manager Erik ten Hag for lifting his players after their 4-0 humbling from Brentford during their second game of the season.
Top of the Premier League Arsenal,= visited Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon with the chance to move four points clear at the summit, but were beaten 3-1 by Ten Hag's side.
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Speaking at the home of United on the Gary Neville podcast, the former right-back believes Arsenal's performance at Old Trafford was 'much better' than that of Jurgen Klopp 's side.
"Well done Erik ten Hag is the first thing because the manager must take credit for what he did in that week between Brentford and Liverpool - I have no idea," said Neville.
"I thought those players would’ve been beaten and difficult to pick up, to get that level of effort and endeavour that he did against Liverpool was something special as a recovery.
"Today, I think they’ve played against a really good Arsenal team, I actually thought this Arsenal team’s performance here was a lot better than Liverpool’s on that Monday Night Football a few weeks ago. I thought Arsenal were fantastic in this game."
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