Louis van Gaal admitted he had not prepared for the possibility of match-winner Danny Welbeck facing his former club at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal, who sold Welbeck to Arsenal in the summer because he didn't believe he was good enough, said: 'In football it happens, but it was also a surprise that Wenger put him in that position.
'When a player returns to play his former club he will always be very motivated, but we gave the goal away.
'It is very disappointing because we gave the victory to Arsenal. The players are disappointed because they know it could have been different.
'This is a big blow, we have to recover. We are sportsmen so we have to recover. I cannot say that the motivation of the team was bad. 'We have to show fantastic fighting spirit, that is not the problem.'
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