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In this Era of the Premier League from 1996-2004, Arsenal had 3 Premier Leagues and Manchester United had 4 Premier Leagues , this is how good the Rivalry was.

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊. Both teams were at their physical and tactical best. The Squad legends were: . Henry, Vieira, Pires, Bergkamp, Cole. Keane, Scholes, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, Ferdinand. The matches were not just games they were battles for dominance in the EPL.

In the dressing room tunnel, a fight breaks out. Someone throws a slice of pizza at Ferguson it hits his face. Ferguson stormed into the dressing room shouting, and Arsenal were seething. It was later revealed to be Cesc Fàbregas, just 17 years old.

🍕 “𝐏𝐈𝐙𝐙𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄” – 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 2004. Man United beat Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford and Arsenal 49 game unbeaten run came to an end. Controversial penalty: Rooney dives, Van Nistelrooy converts. Rooney adds a second on the break. Arsenal are furious — they felt cheated.

2003-2004 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍. Led by Henry, Vieira, Bergkamp, Pirès, Campbell Arsenal went the entire season unbeaten and won the Premier League by 11 points, United finished 3rd that season

Arsenal were fined £275,000. But this cemented the hatred these teams genuinely despised each other. United players were furious including Gary Neville

03/04 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐈𝐙𝐙𝐀 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄. Nothing gets truly iconic, intense 0-0 draw Van Nistelrooy misses late penalty, Arsenal players and shove him afterwards

02/03 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒. Arsenal were 8 points clear. Ferguson began his press manipulation, calling Wenger "arrogant", claiming Arsenal were getting nervous. It certainly worked, a 2-2 highbury draw were Van Nistelrooy scored late.

May 8, 2002. Arsenal Clinched on United’s home turf. Ferguson and United were humiliated that Wenger had dared yo win at Old Trafford. Ferguson Commented:. "Arsenal played the best football this year, no doubt. But we’ll be back."

99-2000 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 . United won the league with 18 points clear, but Arsenal reloaded with Thierry Henry and Robert Pirès, a new era was building and Wenger was continuing to shape an invincible team.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 1999-2004. This wasn’t just football anymore,it became personal, violent and obsessive. After Fergie’s Treble, he had reasserted dominance but Wenger’s arsenal went going away.

This put a knife in Arsenal heart, this match became a symbol of United’s Grit and Arsenal frustration. This showed that United was not a force to be reckoned with.

If there's a moment that crystallized this rivalry, it was the 1999 FA Cup semi-final replay. Bergkamp missed a 90th-minute penalty that could’ve knocked United out. Keane was sent off. Arsenal were dominating with a man advantage. Then 109th minute Ryan Giggs goal

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐘 98/99 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 . This was the year Sir Alex Ferguson struck back — painfully and dramatically — after Wenger's success, leading Manchester United to the historic treble. Arsenal finished with only 17 goals conceded but it wasn’t enough.

2. 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 . Sir Alex was furious since United were expected to win the league by leading with 12 points. Ferguson Comments:. “Arsenal played great football, but let’s see if they can do it again.”. This was evidential that the power was to be fought for.

The following season Wenger had his first full season where he shocked English football by dethroning Ferguson’s Manchester United winning the Premier League and FA Cup double

In the 96/97 campaign United were still untouchable winning 4 league titles in 5 seasons, but in silent Wenger was quietly building something

But Wenger brought sports science, sophistication and a structure, including stricter diets and emphasized on positional intelligence. Wenger’s arsenal played with a kind of poetry we hadn’t seen before, since his new modern fitness and training methods from Japan.