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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Jose Mourinho's "respect" remark that sparked brawl and saw Mikel Arteta hit with bottle

There is certainly no love lost between Manchester City and Manchester United, with the two neighbours engaging in a number of fierce battles down the years.

One of the more fiery exchanges came back in 2017 when Pep Guardiola's side made the short trip to Old Trafford aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League at the expense of their most fierce rivals. While the football played was interesting enough, much of the post-match discourse centred around off-pitch bust-ups between the two enemies.

Mirror Football has opted to cast minds back to the intense evening, one which saw then-United boss Jose Mourinho have milk thrown at him while then-City assistant and now Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was struck on the head with a bottle.

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