Brazilian winger Antony celebrates scoring on his Manchester United debut against Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday. United went on to win 3-1 for a fourth straight English Premier League victory under Erik ten Hag following two embarrassing opening losses.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag pats Marcus Rashford on the back as the forward is substituted against Arsenal on Sunday. The rejuvenated Rashford scored twice in the 3-1 win.

Remember that time, not so long ago, when there was a crisis at Manchester United?

After four straight wins, it seems like a dim and distant memory.

The latest sign that United is well on the road to recovery came on Sunday with a 3-1 win over Arsenal, whose 100 percent start to the season came to an end.

There were still anti-Glazer chants inside and outside Old Trafford－it feels like those protests against the ownership are here to stay, whether the team wins or loses－but they are now accompanied by frequent and jubilant roars for goals.

Two of them were scored in the second half by Marcus Rashford to sweep United to victory after Arsenal pulled it back to 1-1 through Bukayo Saka, but the opening goal felt the most significant.

Antony, United's latest big signing from Ajax for $95 million, marked his first match in English soccer with a goal from a curling, first-time finish in the 35th minute, crowning a performance that featured a slew of jinks, feints, flicks and exaggerated step-overs that thrilled the home fans. The Brazil winger came off in the 58th to a standing ovation to be replaced by Cristiano Ronaldo, who again had to settle for a starting spot on the bench.

"He did well, but I think he can step it up," said United manager Erik ten Hag, who was with Antony at Ajax last season. "This is a different league but there's potential there."

Antony kissed the United badge on his shirt and posed for the television cameras in a flamboyant celebration that sent Old Trafford into raptures, earning a reprimand from referee Paul Tierney for sticking the ball up his shirt in front of the Arsenal fans.

"He will be a threat in the Premier League. We were missing a player on the right wing, Sancho and Rashford can play there but they prefer the left so now we have the missing link who can play well on the right," Ten Hag said of Antony.

"He did well but I think he can do better. He had a great goal but all the goals were team goals."

Since a humiliating 4-0 loss at Brentford that sparked a crisis and some doubts around the wisdom of hiring Ten Hag, United has beaten Liverpool, Southampton, Leicester and now Arsenal, the league leader.

After six games, United is only three points behind Arsenal and two behind Manchester City, the title favorite. The confidence is back and a style of play has formed.

How quickly things have turned around.

"The spirit from this team, they can deal with setbacks like we did," Ten Hag said. "It is really great and shows your mentality－we have really improved on that."

Arsenal bemoaned a 12th-minute goal by Gabriel Martinelli being ruled out following an intervention by the video referee for a slight push by Martin Odegaard on Christian Eriksen. The Gunners also reacted badly to conceding a second goal soon after equalizing, with an attacking triple substitution in the 74th minute perhaps coming too early and making the team disjointed.

Rashford, rejuvenated under Ten Hag after a full preseason, scored a minute later.

Still, Arsenal played well enough to show it could be sticking around for the long haul this season.

"We had some big periods where we were totally dominant and in total control," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. "We created chance after chance but did not close the game."

Arsenal's first defeat this term after five successive wins was cruel on Arteta's men, who contributed plenty to an engrossing encounter but paid the price for some naive defending.

"It's really disappointing because for these boys to play the way they did here, big credit to them but we need a better result," Arteta said.

Arsenal thought it had snatched the lead in the 12th minute as Martinelli raced away from Diogo Dalot to clip a fine finish over David de Gea.

But VAR intervened to ask referee Tierney to check for a foul in the buildup to the goal, and he ruled Odegaard pushed Eriksen to steal possession.

"The referee said it was a really soft decision. We just ask for consistency. Today we disallowed the goal again. There is nothing we can do unfortunately," Arteta said.

Pressure on Rodgers

There's a strong chance Brendan Rodgers won't be Leicester City manager by the time the team plays its next game.

Leicester was embarrassed in a 5-2 loss at Brighton, leaving Rodgers' team in last place on just one point from six games. The manner of the defeat would have particularly worried Rodgers, and more importantly Leicester's owners.

The defending was extremely soft as goals by Moises Caicedo, Leandro Trossard and Alexis Mac Allister－via a penalty and a direct freekick－along with an own-goal by Luke Thomas saw Brighton cruise to a victory that could have been even heavier.

That's 16 goals already conceded by Leicester, who have seen a number of top players leave but only signed one outfield player and a third-choice goalkeeper in the summer transfer market.

Rodgers called out Leicester's owners in midweek, saying he had "not had the help in the market this team needed".

Scott Parker made a similar remark after Bournemouth's recent 9-0 loss at Liverpool and was fired a few days later.

Leicester next faces Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa－another team off to a shaky start－on Saturday.

"We will arrive with a new energy, focus and hopefully confidence into the game next week," said Rodgers.

"I don't listen to the outside noise. You put the hard yards in now and work, not shirk responsibility. The results are down to me, I am the manager, and we need to go away and work even harder and get that first win."