"Wenger is not a small manager".
Oxlade-Chamberlain's right-wing cross whistled over the box and Welbeck rose up between the United defence to land a bullet header.
Arsenal players slowly started to find their feet after the slow start and they started to see a lot more of the ball and started to keep Manchester United pinned inside their own half.
The win moves sixth placed Arsenal to within two points off United, and six points off Manchester City in that all important fourth spot with a game in hand over Pep Guardiola's men. Mourinho made eight changes to the team that beat Celta Vigo 1-0 on Thursday.
"I think Jones, Smalling and Mata were wonderful the way they performed after seven weeks of being out". Only one player is out - Santi Cazorla, who has been absent almost all season with a foot injury - and two others are likely misses in midfielder Granit Xhaka and reserve forward Lucas Perez. But, when their nine-match winning run in the Premier League came to an end on Friday, with it effectively went their title hopes. When you go with everything against Tottenham it's hard. Without everything, it's more hard. But we have a competition which is the second biggest competition in Europe and we are nearly there so the players want, I want, and I think a club like us would always prefer to go into Champions League by winning a trophy than by finishing fourth.
Sunday was the first time a Wenger side had beaten a Mourinho team in a competitive game - the Frenchman's only other triumph coming in the 2015 Community Shield win over Chelsea.
And they doubled their lead three minutes later when Danny Welbeck headed home against his former club after a pinpoint cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
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United boss Mourinho couldn't resist a parting shot at Arsenal: "Arsenal fans are happy and I'm happy for them". I left Highbury, they were crying, I left Emirates, they were crying. I leave the Emirates, and they were crying, walking the streets with heads low. Today they had their scarves out and they were singing.
"It's a big club". I don't enjoy it. We go with everything to get into that final.
Arsene Wenger is not the most popular manager in the world right now. "Normal is win, lose, draw", Mourinho said.
"Nobody wants to hear it but the pitch was really dry today", Klopp said.
"We shook hands but during the game I don't like what I never like".
Granit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck scored in the second half, as the Gunners took all three points, condemning United to a first defeat in 26 Premier League games.
Not that it stopped him getting a dig in at his old rival Wenger after Arsenal's fortuitous opening goal saw Xhaka's shot deflect in off Ander Herrera. "We started a little nervously but slowly got better". "The first goal was quite lucky and the second goal was a great goal". I am happy for him. "We'll focus on Wednesday, thank you". "It gives the young lads a boost that they can do it too". "It was a very nice decision". "The game was under control". They had a couple of chances in the first half but so did we and ours were the big chances.
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