MANCHESTER, England -- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was right. You really don't need to be a rocket scientist to realise that Manchester United's problems this season stem from their inability to score goals, but equally, if you get rid of two proven goal-scorers, you have only yourself to blame if the goals dry up after failing to sign a replacement.

In January 2018, Arsenal allowed Alexis Sanchez -- remember him? -- to leave the Emirates to sign for United and, in his place, the Gunners spent a then-club-record £57 million to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund. For all of Arsenal's faults, and this 1-1 draw at Old Trafford exposed quite a few, they did not make the mistake of leaving themselves without firepower when Sanchez left and Aubameyang, whose equaliser in this game secured a point, has rescued his team on several occasions since arriving from Germany.

United, of course, sold Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan this summer before allowing Sanchez to follow him to the San Siro on a season-long loan, leaving Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and 17-year-old rookie Mason Greenwood as the club's only three forwards. Rashford has now scored just once from open play in his past 16 games, the inconsistent Martial is injured (again) and Greenwood has done well, with two goals in six appearances, but he is a kid who cannot be relied upon to shoulder the goal-scoring burden for a club of United's size and expectations.

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The reason United have now made their worst start to a league season since 1989 is because they simply cannot score goals, and it was the same against Arsenal, with United failing to score more than once yet again.

"I thought, 'How many times have we been 1-0 up and not got the second goal?'" Solskjaer said. "This is a steep learning curve for us, and we'll keep working hard and with more experience, we'll make the right decisions."

United have scored nine league goals all season, and four of those came in the 4-0 opening-game win against Chelsea. The drought is as much down to the lack of creativity in midfield as it is to the absence of an experience goal-scorer, but United's problems are self-inflicted because they could have replaced Lukaku and Sanchez but failed to do so.

Aubameyang, who has seven league goals this season, is an example of what they are missing, and the Gabon striker's stats are an indictment of United's bluntness up front. In the past 17 games in all competitions, United have scored just 15 goals collectively -- Aubameyang has scored 17 goals on his own.

If Aubameyang were United's player rather than Arsenal's, Solskjaer's team might now be sitting pretty in the top four, with a world-class forward regularly converting chances and putting the ball in the back of the net. But he is Arsenal's best hope of finishing in the top four, and it is to the club's credit that they were smart enough to sign him to replace Sanchez.

If there is a gaping hole in your team, you have to fill it. Arsenal did that, but United haven't, and they have now left themselves at the mercy of the January transfer market, when their desperation for a goal-scorer could lead to yet another expensive mistake.

Yet while Arsenal have the guy who can turn defeat into a draw or a draw into victory, they will also have left Old Trafford knowing they missed a golden chance to beat United on their own patch for the first time since 2006. United, who took a first-half lead through Scott McTominay's 20-yard strike, were there for the taking, but Arsenal lacked the belief to take the game to Solskjaer's team.

Maybe they went into the fixture believing that it was still the cagey affair of the Sir Alex Ferguson-Arsene Wenger era, when the titanic tussles between two great teams were often settled by the odd goal. But this game is nothing like it used to be. Both United and Arsenal have big problems to solve, but Arsenal at least have goals in the team, and that's why they have the edge right now.

Had they backed themselves more, Unai Emery's players would have taken all three points from this game and further deepened the gloom at United. In the end, they had to settle for a point, thanks to Aubameyang, the man with goals in his boots.

Arsenal are a better team than United right now, and they should have proved that by winning this game, as Emery admitted.

"I want more -- more in the result and in the performance -- but we are progressing," the Arsenal manager said. "We were competitive, but we can do better. We can control moments with the ball better and take more chances in the box.

"We are very happy with [Aubameyang], and he is with his goal. But we need more players with the ability to score."

Guyana Amazon Warriors 185 for 6 (Hemraj 66, Hetmyer 48, Shepherd 32, Scantlebury-Searles 3-39) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 166 for 5 (Pollard 71, Bravo 58*, Green 2-18, Tahir 2-32) by 19 runs

It had to take something extraordinary to end Guyana Amazon Warriors' unbeaten run this CPL and it nearly arrived in the form of a belligerent Kieron Pollard half-century. But his 38-ball 71, and Trinbago Knight Riders' 75 off the last six overs in the chase of 186, weren't enough as they fell short by 19 in the end. It extended Amazon Warriors' stellar run to eight straight wins and confirm a top-of-the-table finish for them with two matches in hand.

With Pollard hitting big mercilessly in front of a packed home crowd, the decisive over was the 19th when Knight Riders needed 38 from 12 balls and it looked very much on the cards with the wet ball difficult to grip for the bowlers. However, Keemo Paul kept his nerves and even though he did not get all his yorkers right, and Shoaib Malik dropped Pollard at long-on, his stifling lines allowed only nine from the over to leave Knight Riders with 29 to get from six balls. Malik had kept the experienced Imran Tahir for the last over and the legspinner did his bit by conceding two singles on his first three balls to effectively seal the chase, topping it with Pollard's wicket on the fourth ball.

The Pollard-Bravo assault

Offspinner Chris Green opened the bowling with four straight overs to finish with 2 for 18 with 11 dot balls. His mix of offbreaks and seam-ups accounted for Lendl Simmons and Colin Munro cheaply, before Denesh Ramdin holed out to bring Pollard and Darren Bravo together in the ninth over when the hosts were crawling at under a run-a-ball and the asking rate had shot to over 12 per over. Bravo and Pollard spent only two boundary-less overs before launching into the Amazon Warriors attack that had to keep using the towel on the ball to get their accuracy right.

Both Pollard and Bravo targeted the 'V' - with Pollard's net much wider - as the captain pulled, lofted short-of-length balls over the covers, dispatched the fuller ones down the ground, and targeted Ben Laughlin, who had conceded only three runs in his first two overs. He started the 15th with Knight Riders needing a stiff 95 from 36 and Pollard and Bravo smashed two sixes and a four on the leg side to collect 18. After clubbing another 14 runs off Romario Shepherd, Pollard brought up his 27-ball half-century in the 17th over by hammering the ball over bowler Paul's head, and 12 from that over left Knight Riders with 51 to get from three overs.

With Shepherd's quota over, Malik had one over each left from Laughlin and Paul, which meant he had to give one to a spinner. He decided to bowl Laughlin first, who conceded another 13, but Paul's effort in the 19th meant Tahir had a cushion of defending 28 in the last over, and he did it comfortably.

Hemraj sets the stage for Shepherd

Knight Riders' decision to bowl looked the right one when they dismissed Brandon King early and kept Amazon Warriors' Powerplay score to just 35 for 1 with Chandrapaul Hemraj and Shimron Hetmyer hardly taking any risks. Apart from the odd leg-side six from Hemraj, Ali Khan's pace and Khary Pierre's tight lines delayed the batsmen's charge, but with some luck. Hemraj was dropped twice: the first one a tough return chance for the bowler Pollard, who nearly injured his right hand in the attempt, and the second was for substitute Tion Webster, who ran in from long-off only to spill a simple chance. Hemraj had already clubbed a six and a four after the Pollard drop, and this time he collected two fours off Chris Jordan right after the second miss to shoot their run rate from under seven to nearly eight per over, with a 34-ball half-century. Hetmyer, meanwhile, wasn't looking in his element and played second fiddle to Hemraj for a 38-ball 48 in a second-wicket partnership of 98.

Scantlebury-Searles v Shepherd

Amazon Warriors were on course for a massive total, at 111 for 1 in the 14th over, before Javon Scantlebury-Searles interrupted their charge. Bowling for the first time this CPL in five matches, he first accounted for Hemraj for 66 before dismissing Nicholas Pooran and Hetmyer with wide yorkers in his next over, but by leaking 15 runs between the two dismissals. When Malik fell for a duck - caught by Scantlebury-Searles - and Sherfane Rutherford for 1 in consecutive overs, it looked like they would end on a below-par total, being 143 for 6 with 17 balls to go. But Shepherd, batting at No. 7, heaved sixes over the midwicket fence in the last over off death-overs specialist Jordan, the second off a waist-high no-ball which gave the batsman the chance to smash the free-hit to the wide long-on boundary for a four. With 25 runs off the last over, Shepherd finished with 31 off 13 balls and might have given Amazon Warriors the extra margin they eventually won by.

AB de Villiers will be playing in the BBL after all with Brisbane Heat securing one of the biggest signings in the recent history of the competition.

De Villiers, who retired from international cricket in 2018, had attracted huge interest from BBL clubs earlier this year but pulled back from committing to playing in Australia in May.

However, in a surprise announcement on Tuesday morning the Heat revealed they had signed de Villiers for the second half of the tournament, including the finals should the Heat get that far.

De Villiers will spend Christmas at home in Pretoria and appears likely to link up with the Heat around January 6 or 8. The Heat play Sydney Thunder in Sydney on January 6 but de Villiers appears more likely to play his first game against Hobart Hurricanes on January 9 at the Gabba.

De Villiers said he had spoken to former Heat captain Brendon McCullum about joining and was keen to play alongside current captain Chris Lynn after getting top know him through the IPL.

"I've spoken to Chris a few times after games in the IPL," de Villiers said. "I always enjoy the way he plays the game, he really goes after the bowling, he attacks the game, and he seems like a really good team-mate. He gives his best shot for the boys. I'm looking forward to joining forces with him. The Heat have always stood out to me."

The new Heat coach Darren Lehmann, who took over from Daniel Vettori, was ecstatic to get a player of de Villiers' quality.

"World-class players don't just come along every day and to have a player of AB's stature and skill in the BBL is a fantastic outcome for everyone, not just the Heat,'' Lehmann said. "He's a 360-degree player, great skills, outstanding temperament, and an insightful leader. We're excited to bring him into the group this summer and allow him to showcase his skills for the fans."

De Villiers signing is a huge coup for the tournament as a whole. The BBL had significant trouble last season attracting big names. A combination of the elongated tournament and the small salary cap, by comparison to global standards, made it very difficult for clubs to attract high-quality overseas talent. When de Villiers initially withdrew his interest from playing in the BBL back in May there were genuine concerns about how the competition could attract quality overseas players moving forward.

De Villiers is the start of a set of overseas signings to come around the BBL. Australia's international players will also be available for the last week of the tournament as well as the finals in early February after a week-long ODI tour of India.

The IPL auction for the 2020 season will be held on December 19 this year and, for a change, the BCCI has decided to conduct it at a new venue: Kolkata. The auctions have traditionally been held in Bengaluru.

This year's auction is the last small one before franchises disband next year and prepare to assemble fresh squads from 2021 at a mega auction. The last big IPL auction took place in January 2018, when franchises were allowed to retain five players before building new squads.

ESPNcricnfo understands that all eight franchises were informed on Monday that the trading window would close on November 14. The franchises were originally allotted INR 85 crore (US $12 million approx) to build their teams for 2020. Every franchise will also have an additional purse of INR 3 crore (US $425,000 approx) in addition to the balance in their kitties from the last auction.

Delhi Capitals have the biggest balance - INR 8.2 crore, followed by Rajasthan Royals - INR 7.15 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 6.05 crore), Sunrisers Hyderabad (INR 5.3 crore), Kings XI Punjab (INR 3.7 crore), Chennai Super Kings (INR 3.2 crore), defending champions Mumbai Indians (INR 3.05 crore) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (INR 1.8 crore).

Brisbane Heat are hopeful of enticing AB de Villiers to play multiple seasons in the Big Bash League after signing him for the upcoming season, according to coach Darren Lehmann.

The Heat pulled off a major coup on Tuesday signing de Villiers just months after it appeared as though de Villiers may not play in Australia's T20 competition at all having withdrawn his interest in May following a flurry of media speculation.

Lehmann said Heat management had stayed in contact with de Villiers, including flying to South Africa to meet with him, and felt fortunate to convince him to sign for this season but they are hopeful it won't be a one-off.

"We were just lucky enough that we had a good conversation with him and his management and Baz McCullum was fantastic as well, pushing the Brisbane Heat," Lehmann said. "After it sort of fell over a bit we kept in contact with him and at the end of the day, we were really humbled that actually wanted to come back and play.

"I just want him to come and enjoy it really, to be perfectly honest. And I think if he does that he'll play well. I saw him playing in England this year in the Vitality Blast and he played really well.

"We really want him to impart some of his knowledge on some of our younger kids more so than anything else and hopefully he stays on for years to come."

The Heat are still negotiating his exact arrival date to Australia after agreeing to allow him to stay in South Africa to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his family for one of the rare times in his career.

De Villiers will definitely miss the Heat's first five matches of the tournament. Their sixth match is on January 6 against Sydney Thunder and their seventh is against Hobart Hurricanes on January 9. Lehmann could not guarantee when he would arrive but did confirm he would play the rest of the home and away games and finals.

"It'll be roughly early January," Lehmann said. "We're just working through those finer details. But we've got him from then right through until the end, and then hopefully finals as well if we play well enough, and then hopefully from then on, he keeps coming back."

De Villiers' presence gives Lehmann and captain Chris Lynn enormous flexibility with their top order as he joins the likes of Max Bryant, Sam Heazlett, Joe Burns, Matt Renshaw, and Ben Cutting.

But Lehmann was just as excited about what he could add from a leadership perspective.

"It's a great experience for Chris Lynn," Lehmann said. "I know they obviously played against each other in the IPL. I know Chris Lynn is over the moon and excited by it. But just for AB to impart his knowledge with the younger guys and leadership skills he's had with South Africa. For us, it's a win-win."

The Heat's other overseas players are currently Afghanistan spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Zahir Khan.

West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite, an occasional offspinner whose bowling action has been questioned more than once, has been cleared to bowl in international cricket again following an ICC-approved assessment.

Brathwaite had been reported after the second Test between West Indies and India in Kingston earlier this year, with the ICC saying in a statement at the time that the match officials' report had "cited concerns about the legality of the 26-year-old's bowling action during the course of the match".

He subsequently underwent a bowling assessment in the ICC-accredited facility in Loughborough on September 14, where, the ICC said in a statement on Tuesday, "it was revealed that the amount of elbow extension for all his deliveries was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC Illegal Bowling Regulations".

Brathwaite had earlier been reported for a suspect bowling action in August 2017 following the first Test of West Indies' tour of England, played at Edgbaston. Then, too, he was tested in Loughborough, and he was subsequently cleared to continue bowling at the highest level.

In the West Indies Test side mainly as an opening batsman, Brathwaite has 18 wickets from 58 games at an average of 56.94.

The Washington Nationals offered third baseman Anthony Rendon a seven-year deal worth $210 million to $215 million, according to The Washington Post.

The early September offer is not expected to keep Rendon from hitting the free agent market this winter, according to The Post. Rendon signed a one-year deal worth $18.8 million before this season.

Washington's offer is worth less than the 10-year, $300 million deal presented to Bryce Harper last season. Rendon and Harper both have Scott Boras as an agent.

During the 2019 regular season, Rendon, 29, hit .319 with 34 home runs and 126 RBIs -- all career bests for the seven-year veteran. He led the NL in RBIs, and his 1.010 OPS was third in the NL behind those of the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger (1.035) and the Brewers' Christian Yelich (1.100).

The Nationals begin their postseason run on Tuesday by hosting the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL wild-card game.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green remains confident that his team can make its sixth straight trip to the NBA Finals this season, despite the fact that its roster underwent a major reconstruction over the summer. On Monday, Green didn't hesitate when asked what the team's expectations should be this season.

"I am not sure what everyone's expectations are," Green told ESPN. "We haven't really had any team meetings yet. But I know what my expectations are. They don't change from year-to-year. They are always the same."

When asked specifically if he thinks the Warriors could go to the NBA Finals this season, Green was quick with his answer.

"Is Steph Curry on our team? Klay Thompson?" Green said confidently. "Yup."

The Warriors' roster is in transition after losing superstar forward Kevin Durant in a sign-and-trade with the Brooklyn Nets. Also gone are veteran stalwarts Andre Iguodala, who was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in a corresponding move, and Shaun Livingston, who retired.

Despite all the movement, both Green and Curry said they believe the expectation for the group should be the same as always: a trip to the NBA Finals.

"For sure," Curry told ESPN. "As long as we have the solid core that we've got and the experiences to kind of back us up, we're going to keep that goal in mind. The fun part about it is that we get to kind of recreate the look of it and incorporating the new pieces that we have, and that part's the most exciting. The last five Finals have kind of been a certain way, so whatever we do from here, you're going to enjoy it even more."

After losing in six games to the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals in June, Green said it would be "stupid" to think the Warriors' championship run is over. Both Green and Curry believe their championship experience can be a catalyst in helping to teach a group of young players how to win a sixth straight Western Conference championship.

"Because I think obviously what we have returning [in] myself, Steph and Klay -- with the experience that we have, the championship pedigree that we have and obviously all of us still being in our primes," Green said. "Then you add in a young D'Angelo Russell, you add in Kevon Looney, who just got a new contract -- it is a lot of talent. Like I said, experience and also a lot of younger guys who are out to prove themselves."

Curry echoed a similar sentiment. The veteran guard believes both he and Green can raise the level of their play when needed as the group learns how to play without Thompson, who will be out most of the season as he rehabs from a torn ACL in his left knee.

"We know who's on our team still," Curry said. "Myself, Klay, Draymond, D'Angelo and obviously a lot of newcomers. We got a lot of pieces we got to put together. We understand it's going to look different -- a new building, a new roster -- but when you have the championship DNA that we have and the experiences that we have, we can bank on that."

Many around the league believe that because of the loss of Durant, the injury to Thompson and the uncertainty surrounding the youth on the back end of the roster, the Warriors are essentially entering a gap year as they wait to get healthy and get out of a hard-cap situation next season after acquiring Russell.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he isn't concerned about what the outside world might say about his team. He's trying to focus on developing the young talent alongside the future Hall of Famers on the roster.

"I think the expectation for our group should be to develop a young crop of players," Kerr said. "[What] we have to do this year is put so much of our time and energy into those young guys so that they can become key contributors to the next era of Warriors basketball. If we can do that, if we can get a couple of them [to] become rotational players, we're going to still be good going forward."

Whether this new group of Warriors succeeds or fails is contingent on a slew of variables, one of the largest being Russell's ability to pick up his new team's offensive system quickly. Like many on the roster, Russell is already drawing some motivation from the fact that many people have written off the group this season.

"If it starts out slow, if it's start out fast, it's just the process that we're going to have to enjoy," Russell said of the group's lofty expectations. "Instead of putting an expectation on it ASAP like that, I think we can just come in and come to work every day and live with the results when we're on that platform to showcase it."

SAN FRANCISCO -- Golden State Warriors All-Star swingman Klay Thompson will be out until at least the All-Star break as he continues to recover from a torn left ACL, general manager Bob Myers announced Monday.

"He's doing fine," Myers said. "We'll have another update on him probably around the All-Star break. Don't construe that as if we think he'll be back by the All-Star break -- that just means we'll have an update then."

Thompson suffered the injury June 13, in Game 6 of last season's NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors.

The Warriors remain optimistic that Thompson, 29, will play at some point this season, but it remains to be seen exactly when he will return to the floor. Thompson said he has no issues with the organization's time frame and wasn't trying to rush back before then.

"I'm going to do what the team says," Thompson said. "And I've done my due diligence on rehabs and ACL injuries, and the last thing you want to do is rush back, especially for a player like me who wants to play until he's in his late 30s. I want to play at a high level until that point, too. As much as it kills me not to be on the court, patience is a virtue, and rushing back would be not very smart."

Thompson is pleased with the way his knee has responded at the outset of the rehabilitation process, but admits that the past couple months have been "tedious" on the road to recovery.

"I mean, the workouts, they're not fun. You're not on the court putting together dribble packages and getting up jumpers and playing one-on-one. You're doing a lot of tedious exercises just to build back strength and confidence and pass those mental hurdles that might hold you back. So for me, I'm still -- and I'm about to enter phase 2 of the rehab, and it's been a great -- I had surgery July 2, so I've made huge strides since then.

"I've become much more sympathetic to all athletes at all levels who go through a major injury or surgery. It's not fun, and it really tests your patience. But it's our job to come back even stronger, and the team has faith in me to do that. That's why I think they rewarded me with my [contract] extension."

Thompson said he is confident he will be able to work well with new addition D'Angelo Russell whenever he is cleared to return to the lineup.

"I think it'll be easy," Thompson said. "I think my style of play can adapt to anybody, and I've been watching D'Angelo for years now, and he's an amazing passer, and I don't think he's played with two shooters like me and Steph [Curry]. I think he's just going to have fun as far as playmaking and coming off those pick-and-rolls he did in Brooklyn so well, now with the space he has with us, I think it's going to be great. So I don't think it'll be very hard at all, honestly. I think we all know how to play at such a high level, and we're all very unselfish."

LeBron James' longtime friend and business partner, Maverick Carter, said the NBA star would have held off on entering the NBA draft right out of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School had there been measures in place like bill SB 206 intends to implement.

"I think if you got paid, you would have went to play college basketball," Carter said on the latest episode of "The Shop," the lively, barbershop-style discussion show produced by James' and Carter's media company, Uninterrupted.

"It would have been fun," James said in agreement.

It's too late for James to suit up for March Madness, but the Los Angeles Lakers star is focused on the next generation of athletes maximizing their earning potential during their time on college campuses.

California governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 206, commonly referred to as the Fair Pay to Play Act, while a guest on "The Shop" this week. Beginning in 2023, the law says colleges in California cannot punish their athletes for collecting endorsement money. James said on Twitter that he was "incredibly proud" to be a part of the groundswell supporting the bill.

I'm so incredibly proud to share this moment with all of you. @gavinnewsom came to The Shop to do something that will change the lives for countless athletes who deserve it! @uninterrupted hosted the formal signing for SB 206 allowing college athletes to responsibly get paid. pic.twitter.com/NZQGg6PY9d

— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 30, 2019

James' agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, appeared on the episode and said that beyond the compensation college athletes can earn, the basic business fluency that can be gleaned from the process behind negotiating deals is another benefit the players can take with them long past their school days.

James discussed the law and its implications after Lakers' practice on Monday while wearing a T-shirt with his slogan, "More Than An Athlete," printed on the front.

Here's what we had to say:

LeBron's response to the law:

"I think it's a great day. I think it's a win, obviously, in California. Like I said, I'm just honored to be a part of it and be with the governor and for him to understand what a lot of these athletes have been going through for so many years. So, it's a start of something that we believe is special."

Why this is an important issue for him:

"I was one of those underprivileged kids. Obviously, I was fortunate enough and talented enough to be able to skip college. But for sure I would have been one of those kids if I would have went off to Ohio State or if I would have went off to any one of these big-time colleges, where pretty much that 23 jersey would have got sold all over the place without my name on the back, but everybody would have known the likeness. My body would have been on the NCAA basketball [video] game 2004 and the Schottenstein Center would have been sold out every single night if I was there.

"And coming from just me and my mom, we didn't have anything and we wouldn't have been able to benefit at all from it, and the university would have been able to capitalize on everything that I would have been there for that year or two or whatever. So I understand what those kids are going through. I feel for those kids that have been going through it for so long, so that's why it's personal to me."

Why this is happening now:

"Well, listen, it's the opportunity. Timing is everything, and the timing is now. You don't sit back and say, 'OK, the beginning of the 2019-20 season is when we want to do it.' I think it's just timing, and the timing was right."

How Newsom got on "The Shop" and what's next:

"We have a pretty good platform these days. So that's how it came about. We have a pretty good platform. People respect what we're doing at Uninterrupted, so that's how it came about.

"I think it's just a mutual respect about what we're both trying to accomplish. And like I said, we have a platform that reaches a lot of people, and we've been trying to let people know that we have a place where athletes can be heard and athletes can become powerful in their own right. So it means a lot, and it was an honor to have the governor come on our show to sign such a -- what we believe -- a historical change in time.

"So, like I said, we're here at the Lakers facility, and I don't want to take away from what I'm here [for] now. This is the season, this is the Lakers, but it's a great day, we believe, going forward. And it's up to, now, it's the [NCAA's] turn to step up."