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Manchester Evening News
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Matthew Hobkinson

'We'll see you out there' - how Manchester United and Arsenal legends Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira went from rivalry to respect

"We'll see you out there."

Through a cauldron of noise, Roy Keane's words echoed clear as day inside the Highbury tunnel. The infamous exchange between himself and Patrick Vieira typified the fractious rivalry between Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United and Arsene Wenger's Arsenal.

For the nine seasons that Keane and Vieira's Premier League careers crossed paths, United or Arsenal would win the title on all but one occasion. The two clubs were dominant in England during the late 1990s and early 2000s, before Roman Abramovich arrived to rescue Chelsea and put a stop to that power struggle during the 2004/05 season.

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