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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he is pleased by how quickly new recruits Gabriel Magalhaes and Thomas Partey have settled into life at the Premier League club after the duo impressed in Sunday s 1-0 win at Manchester United.

Partey put in a dominant display in midfield, while Gabriel expertly marshalled the defence as Arsenal secured their first win at United since 2006.

I know how tough this league is ... but we try to pick certain characteri­stics in the profile of players that we want to find for our club,” Arteta said

I think they play with a lot of maturity and they look like they ve been here longer than they actually have.

I know that there are still some connection­s where they don t have that flow, because they haven t played much together.

But I also see the spirit they are creating and the personalit­y they are showing on the pitch.

Partey s display also drew praise from former Manchester United captain Roy Keane, who said the Ghanaian midfielder reminded him of Arsenal great Patrick Vieira.

Partey was outstandin­g. The more I look at him the more I wish he was in the United midfield.

He s big, strong and aggressive and he can pass it forward.

He can deal with the ball,

Keane told Sky Sports.

I had my battles with Vieira and I think this kid has got a chance of matching what

Patrick used to do.

Meanwhile, Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba took the blame for his team s defeat after giving away the second half penalty that decided the outcome.

Pogba clipped the foot of Hector Bellerin with a poorly judged challenge inside the box, which he described as stupid, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang converted the penalty.

We know it s a poor performanc­e. Myself, I cannot give a foul away like this,” Pogba told the BBC.

I thought I would touch the ball but I didn t. [I] cost us the goal today with the penalty. I shouldn t have given penalty away like that.

Maybe I was a bit out of breath, it made me do this stupid mistake.

I will learn from that, I m not

’ the best defensivel­y in the box, I can work on that,” he said. Like I say, details.

We have to do better, the team, myself, it starts with me,” said the French World Cup winner, who was recalled to the starting line-up in the Premier League after being left out following the 1-6 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur last month.

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was disappoint­ed with his team s display after the

’ excellent 5-0 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League and did not spare Pogba from the criticism.

He needs to stay on his feet. Paul knows it s a soft penalty to give away,” the Norwegian said.

We were too sloppy, too “many passes went astray and the rotation was not there. Too many things that can go wrong in a game did for us today. We didn t get the response “’ we hoped for. In the first half, we never turned up.

The intensity, the tempo “wasn t there, the shape they were better than us and created a couple of half-decent chances. In the second half, they didn t look like they were going to score, apart from the penalty. So we played better in the “second half but still we have to turn up with more intensity,” he added.

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