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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne & Stephen Killen

Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira brilliantly settles Roy Keane debate with eight-word claim

Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira has moved to end the debate involving himself and former Manchester United captain Roy Keane once and for all.

During the late 90s and the first half of the 00s the battle for Premier League dominance was often contested by the Gunners and the Red Devils and with so much at stake, it usually resulted in hostile clashes at Highbury and Old Trafford that sometimes spilled into the dugout between Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson.

But on the pitch, these fixtures were mostly defined by the Vieira vs Keane battle. A classic example of just how intense things were was on display in January 2005 as the latter attempted to confront the former in the tunnel before kick-off in response to an incident involving Gary Neville a few minutes earlier.

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