Antony scored on his dream debut for Manchester United as the Brazilian striked and Marcus Rashford two goals inspired a 3-1 win that ended Arsenal's winning streak start in the Premier League season on Sunday.
Full of tricks, skills the 22-year-old forward took just 35 minutes to get on the score board in a dazzling introduction to his new supporters at Old Trafford.
Arsenal striked back to equalise through the net by Bukayo Saka, but Rashford knocks the leaders away with two dazzling goals in the space of nine second-half minutes after Antony was substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kudos to Antony and Rashford, United were able to celebrate their fourth successive victory that boosted them to get to the fifth place.
Opening his game with consecutive losses against Brighton and Brentford was a humbling view for Erik Ten Hag
But since then, the Dutch coach has started to put his legacy on a United side that look far more organised than the shambolic unit that finished sixth in the English Premier League last season.
Arsenal's first defeat this term after five convective wins was cruel on Mikel Arteta's men, who contributed plenty to an engrossing encounter but paid the price for some naive defending and midfielding.
Arsenal thought they had grabbed the lead in the 12th minute as Gabriel Martinelli raced away from Diogo Dalot to clip a fine finish over David de Gea.
But the VAR intervened to ask Paul Tierney to check for a foul in the build-up and the referee ruled Martin Ødegaard pushed Christian Eriksen to steal possession.
Antony put United ahead in the 35th minute when Rashford's deft pass reached the forward, who took advantage of Arsenal's sloppy marking to sweep a composed finish into the far corner from eight yards.
Antony kissed his badge and posed for the television cameras in a flamboyant celebration that sent Old Trafford into raptures, earning a ticking off from Tierney for sticking the ball up his shirt in front of the Arsenal fans.
Amazing Antony
Confidence clearly was not a problem for Antony and he even tried an audacious lob that kept Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale on his toes.
Antony departed to a standing ovation after 58 minutes to be replaced by Ronaldo.
Saka silenced Old Trafford two minutes later as Arsenal grabbed a deserved equaliser.
Odegaard's pass unhinged the United defence and when Dalot's tackle on Gabriel Jesus diverted the ball to Saka, the England winger slotted home with ease.
But United caught Arsenal with a brilliant counter in the 66th minute.
Playing through the Arsenal press, Eriksen found Bruno Fernandes and his superb pass sent Rashford galloping clear to fire past Ramsdale.
United wrapped up the points with a replica of their second goal as Arsenal once again left themselves open at the back and this time Eriksen fed Rashford to slot home.