United started resoultely before Eddie Nketiah broke the deadlock just before the half-hour mark, with the young striker going on to complete his hat-trick before Fábio Vieira’s penalty, and a late goal from Takehiro Tomiyasu, capped another difficult day for United.
Defeat will increase talk about Heckingbottom’s future, with the Blades rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table and still looking for their first win of what is shaping up to be a pretty miserable season so far. Here’s how we rated the Blades’ players at the Emirates...
![Replaced Slimane and picked up a booking for a foul on Martinelli with one of his first actions of the game. Then put United in trouble looking to overplay deep in his own territory before Arsenal’s fourth](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/18/13/ben-osborn.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
13. Ben Osborn 4
Replaced Slimane and picked up a booking for a foul on Martinelli with one of his first actions of the game. Then put United in trouble looking to overplay deep in his own territory before Arsenal’s fourth | Getty Images
![Replaced Bogle on his return from injury in some rare positive news for the Blades](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/20/14/GettyImages-1657201574.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
14. George Baldock
Replaced Bogle on his return from injury in some rare positive news for the Blades | Getty Images
![Came on for McAtee with the game already up](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/10/10/SPI_040_SB_U21_Sheff_Utd_Reading.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)