I'll See You Out There

For almost a decade, Arsenal v Manchester United was a title decider. By February 2005 there was no bigger picture, just hatred

The Premier League’s greatest rivalry can be traced back to four barnstorming, spiteful games in 1983

Arsenal’s young team were top of the league and full of the joys when they arrived at Old Trafford in 1987. One man soon changed that

The Arsenal-Man Utd rivalry intensified during a ferocious FA Cup tie in 1988

Arsenal won the title at a canter in 1990-91 even though - or more likely because - they were deducted two points after a Royal Rumble in Manchester

So who did knock Liverpool off it?

In 1993-94, Manchester United stole Arsenal’s title as the most hated team in England

English football’s two most hated teams cemented their status during a scandal-ridden 1994-95 campaign

Eric Cantona’s screamer against Arsenal helped United to another Double that confirmed Alex Ferguson as the undisputed down of English football

In 1996, Alex Ferguson was in desperate need of a worthy adversary. Nobody realised the answer would come from Japan