Before this new chapter in English football’s defining rivalry of the decade, comparisons were drawn with the last two clubs to dominate the landscape to this extent.
For many, Manchester United and Arsenal in the late 1990s and early 2000s had it all. There was the brilliance of Thierry Henry and Ryan Giggs. The raw aggression of Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. The open hostility between Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. They all threw a load of pizza over each other once too.
