Arsenal hadn't beaten United away since an FA Cup game in 2015, part of a longstanding run of poor form for the Gunners when facing England's biggest clubs on the road.
Vardy had enough time to net his 11th league goal against Arsenal — the most he has scored against a single opponent in the competition.
North London rival Arsenal opened its fourth straight Europa League campaign with a 2-1 come-from-behind win at Rapid Vienna in an opening round of games affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ozil will only be able to represent Arsenal Under-23s until 2021 at the earliest.
The Scottish football federation says midfielder Stuart Armstrong tested positive, and Tierney plus Ryan Christie are classed as “close contacts” and must self-isolate.
Mesut Ozil expressed sadness on Tuesday after discovering that Jerry Quy — the man who fills the Arsenal dinosaur mascot — was made redundant by the London club after 27 years.
The 33-year-old Cavani is prolific — scoring 200 goals in 301 games during seven years at Paris Saint-Germain but he was released at the end of his contract in June.
Arsenal broke the deadlock in the 61st minute when Mohamed Elneny burst into the box and found Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, whose ball in to Hector Bellerin saw the fullback cross for Saka to head home at the back post.
Arsenal, the Europa League runner-up in 2019, is the highest-ranked team in the competition and was grouped with Rapid Vienna, Molde and Dundalk. North London rival Tottenham will face LASK, Ludogorets Razgrad and Royal Antwerp.
Joe Willock scored Arsenal’s winning penalty to set up a home match against defending champion Manchester City in the next round.
The 25-year-old Iceland international joined the Ligue 1 club in July 2018 and made 13 appearances for them in all competitions last season.
The England under-21 striker had only been on the field for eight minutes when he stretched to tap in a low cross from Dani Ceballos after Arsenal broke through the offside trap.
Villa manager Dean Smith said Martinez will be a "key player for our club for the long term".
Aubameyang, who has scored 55 goals in 86 league appearances since his move from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018, has reportedly signed a three-year deal that ties him to Arsenal until 2023
The offseason recruit from Chelsea took just eight minutes to make an impact with a close-range shot parried by goalkeeper Marek Rodak and Alexandre Lacazette tapped in the opener.
The game was settled on penalties at Wembley Stadium after Takumi Minamino's first goal for Liverpool in the 73rd minute canceled out Aubameyang's early opener.
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The 31-year-old Aubameyang, who has been Arsenal’s top scorer for the last two seasons, is out of contract at the end of the forthcoming season.
Both Cedric Soares and Pablo Mari had joined the Premier League club initially on loan in January.
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