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After losing to Liverpool 5-1, and drawing 2-2 at home to bottom club Fulham, both Arsenal and Manchester United were eager to make amends when the two face each other on Wednesday night.

Unfortunately last night ended up as a drab 0-0 draw; however there have been some memorable meetings between the two clubs over the years.

Lets look back at the five best meetings between the two sides in the Premier League era.

Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal, 22nd October 2004

If this was a Friends episode, this would be called, “The One Where the Pizza was Thrown.” This controversial match was the day that Arsenal had their amazing run of 49 unbeaten games end in the worst possible way.

In a game where both teams could have easily been down to nine men due to terrible tackles, Arsenal fell behind to a Ruud Van Nistelrooy penalty after Wayne Rooney (who turned 19 that day) dived after tangling with Sol Campbell. Arsenal’s misery was complete when Rooney got the decisive goal in the last minute of the game, sending Arsenal to defeat for the first time in the league for 17 months.

If everyone thought that the match was a spectacle, the aftermath was even better. Tempers boiled over in the tunnel, and it was reported that Sir Alex Ferguson was the victim of having food thrown at him by a then unknown Arsenal player, which turned out to be Cesc Fabregas. Sol Campbell refused to shake Wayne Rooney’s hand after the penalty incident, whilst Van Nistelrooy and Ashley Cole squared up following a dangerous tackle by the Dutchman during the match.

United faced Arsenal five times that season, with Arsenal eventually getting the last laugh, defeating United on penalties in the FA Cup final.

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United, 21st January 2007

The first Premier League meeting between the two clubs at the Emirates was going to be a great occasion. Arsenal had beaten United in the corresponding fixture a few months earlier, but were 12 points behind United when the two sides faced again.

It looked like Arsenal’s first defeat at their new stadium was imminent when Wayne Rooney scored from a diving header 10 minutes after the restart, but RVP (who spent more time on the Arsenal treatment table at this point of his career), scored which looked like to have saved Arsenal a point.

However, they don’t call him King Henry for nothing. With a minute to go, Thierry Henry scored a fantastic header from an Eboue cross to help Arsenal complete the double over their arch nemesis. It was the first time since their double winning season of 2001/02 that Arsenal did the double over United, but United got the last laugh by winning the league for the first time in four years.

Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United, 22nd January 2012

This game makes Arsenal fans infuriate. It was the first meeting since the 8-2 riot, and Arsenal were desperate for revenge. After a tight first half, Arsenal fell behind thanks to an Antonio Valencia goal on the stroke of half time.

But after bashing the United defence with many changes during the second half, Arsenal finally got their goal from a former fan favourite in Robin van Persie after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain practically ran rings around the United defence. The goal brought over loaded optimism to Arsenal fans, as everyone related to the club thought the Gunners actually had a chance of beating United.

The fans, players and bench were hyped, as Arsenal were playing so well that victory was well insight, the pay back was on.

However, this mere thought was dashed away when Wenger decided to bring off the English starlet for Russian flop Andrei Arshavin. The sub back fired as Arshavin was dispossessed in the middle of the park, which lead to Danny Welbeck’s 81st minute winner. Wenger even said in his post match interview that the sub didn’t work, and Arsenal paid the price. Arshavin was loaned out to Zenit a few weeks later.

Manchester United 0-0 Arsenal, 21st September 2003

The Battle at Old Trafford, the game that played a pivotal moment in Arsenal’s title winning season.

In a tight game of football, where there were limited chances, the game exploded into life when Patrick Vieira saw red for kicking out at Ruud Van Nistelrooy, despite not actually making any contact with the Dutchman with 13 minutes remaining. The Arsenal players were ballistic, the United fans were joyful and the fans of both sets of teams were excited for a tense finale.

With seconds to go, United flop Diego Forlan was floored by Martin Keown and United were given a penalty. A scuffle broke out and this seemed to effect Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s concentration.

Up he stepped and the ball crashed against the crossbar with Arsenal celebrating the point that they knew that they were going to get.

The whistle went and everything exploded. Martin Keown’s famous jump triggered off a massive melee which was greeted with heavy fines and lengthy suspensions. Ray Parlour, Ashley Cole, Lauren, Martin Keown and Patrick Vieira were all fined by the FA whilst Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo were punished for their wrong doings.

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The bust up between the players was costly as Manchester United and Arsenal paid a total of £250,000 between them for the incident.

Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal, 28th August 2011

Everyone knew a thrashing was on the cards, but not like this.

The two sides had contrasting summers; Ashley Young, Phil Jones and David de Gea were all signed for United whilst Arsenal sold Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Eboue and Gael Clichy without signing anyone significant before the match apart from Gervinho (who was suspended for the match), and Carl Jenkinson, a 19 year old defender who had only made 8 league appearances for Charlton.

Arsene Wenger relied on youth and inexperience for the match by selecting players such as Henri Lansbury, Giles Sunu, Armand Traoré and Carl Jenkinson. The expected risk didn’t work as Arsenal suffered their worst league defeat since the 1800’s.

A hat trick from Wayne Rooney, a double from Ashley Young (his first goals for the club), Danny Welbeck, Nani and Park Ji-Sung rubbed deadly salt in the ever increasing Arsenal wound. To make things worse for Arsenal that day, RVP missed a penalty and Carl Jenkinson, a boyhood Arsenal fan was sent off with 13 minutes to go. A damaging day for Arsenal indeed, however, there was some good news.

It was the first time in the Premier League era that Arsenal had scored two goals at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the league. Every cloud has a silver lining I guess.

Italian giants Juventus are said to be keen on Arsenal’s Theo Walcott and could line up a January swoop.

The Turin-based club are believed to have monitoring the speedy wide-man for some time and are keen to offer him the chance to swap the Premier League for Serie A.

Liverpool and Manchester City are also interested, but Juve boss Antonio Conte has urged his club’s hierarchy to splash the cash for the ex-Southampton man.

Walcott has slipped down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium this term and his refusal to pen a new long-term contract has opened the door for potential suitors.

Despite the interest, Wenger is keen to keep his man:

“They (talks) are going on, but there is no news about that.” He said according to the Mirror.

“My determination has always been the same, to extend his contract. That other clubs are interested or not, the determination is the same.”

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The Italians are also set to beat Arsenal again in the transfer market as they step up their pursuit of Spanish striker Fernando Llorente.

The Gunners are said to have been tracking the lanky forward for some time, but the Old Lady have reportedly agreed a £145,000-per-week deal with the Athletic Bilbao man.

New Arsenal manager Unai Emery wants to make experienced Swiss international full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner his first signing at the Emirates Stadium, on a free transfer from Juventus, according to the Evening Standard. 

What’s the story, then?

The Standard report says that Emery is looking for experienced leaders and a free transfer for the Juventus right-back is seen as one cut-price way to do exactly that.

It goes on to say that the deal is close as Lichtsteiner has been shown round the Gunners’ training ground at London Colney, although terms are yet to be agreed.

It also says that the Gunners are confident that the deal will be done in the coming days and that Lichtsteiner is seen as a good squad player, as opposed to first-team competition for Hector Bellerin.

Experience on the cheap is Allegri’s style

Arsenal may have missed out on Allegri from Juventus but Emery has shown with his interest in the Swiss international from the Italian giants that he is a similar character in terms of the transfer market.

The Gunners have lacked leaders for quite a few years now and one way to rectify that is to add experience and a winning mentality to the dressing room without breaking the bank.

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However, if Bellerin does pick him an injury, Lichtsteiner does not have it in his legs to do a full season and that’s a worry.

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Reported long-term Arsenal target Julian Draxler was pictured with a number of the north London outfit’s players at NBA London Live on Thursday night, and Gunners fans are confident that they are set to sign the Paris Saint-Germain winger.

The Mirror reported last month that Arsene Wenger has been told by the Ligue 1 giants that he would need to pay £40m to sign the Germany international during the January transfer window, with Alexis Sanchez seemingly edging closer to the exit door.

The 24-year-old has found starts hard to come by in the French capital following the summer arrivals of Kylian Mbappe and Neymar at the Parc des Princes, although he has still scored three goals and provided a further five assists in 25 appearances in all competitions this term.

Draxler featured in pictures and videos with the likes of Sead Kolasinac, Shkodran Mustafi, Hector Bellerin and Alexandre Lacazette on Thursday, and Arsenal supporters were quick to have their say on the photos.

While one simply said “welcome to Arsenal”, another said “sounds like a deal to Arsenal is done”.

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…

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England have finally learnt who they will be playing in the World Cup group stages in six months time, with Italy the opponents in their opening match. It will be a tough test for Hodgson, who was knocked out of Euro 2012 by the Italians on penalties, after being outplayed during a goalless 120 minutes.

Two years later and the two countries will once again face off in front of the world’s gazing eyes. Here we look at some of the key matchups, where the match could be won or lost. A match that is set to display some of the best European footballers on the biggest of stages, who will get the better of their opponent?

Buffon v ?

He has been one of the best goalkeepers in world football for years, Gianluigi Buffon has been winning individual awards for the last 10 years, and has been right in the centre of all debates over who is the best shot stopper on the globe. Italy’s World Cup winning keeper in 2006, the Juventus star has dominated the number 1 shirt for the Azzuri for over a dozen years, with only injuries keeping him out of the national side.

Who knows who his opposite number will be in Manuas. Joe Hart is the likely answer, despite being dropped recently by Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City. His mistakes over the last 18 months have caused doubts over the keeper’s position in Brazil, with Celtic’s Fraser Forster, West Brom’s Ben Foster and Norwich keeper John Ruddy all looking to steal the number 1 shirt from the former Shrewsbury player. However, despite his recent errors, it seems that Hart will start for England, should he not make any more calamities.

Buffon is Italy’s most capped player in history, after recently making his 137th appearance for his country, 99 appearances more than Joe Hart has made for England. And whilst Hart has won the Premier League golden glove for 3 years in a row, his individual trophy cabinet is nothing compared to the Juve legend. Buffon has won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2003, Best European goalkeeper 2003, 3 appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year, twice in the FIFPro World XI, and was the Ballon d’Or Runner up in 2006. A stunning goalkeeper rightly recognised for his talent, Rooney and co will do well to beat this Italian legend.

Rooney v Chiellini

The Manchester United forward has often played a deeper role in the last 18 months, but that doesn’t mean he has lost his attacking threat. A natural goal scorer, Rooney can be unstoppable when on fine form. His power, strength and precise finishing make him one of the most feared strikers in world football, and wanted by every team. The United star has lifted the Premier League five times, as well as holding the Champions League and Club World Cup trophies.

But he may come up against one of the strongest defenders in Europe, Giorgio Chiellini. The 29-year-old has become a legend at Juventus since moving from Fiorentina, helping the club win back-to-back Serie A titles. In June this year, he was placed 7th in Bloomberg’s top 50 footballers based in Europe, a list built on scientific, mathematical analysis. Chiellini is one of the toughest players to shrug off the ball, and incredibly calm in possession. Relaxed, and a step ahead of the game, he is one of the most difficult defenders to face. But can he really keep Rooney quiet? It’s a well-known fact that Rooney hasn’t scored a goal at a World Cup finals, so he will be eager as ever to break his duck.

Balotelli v Cahill

Its coming up to 12 months since Manchester City sold the Italian striker to AC Milan, but Mario Balotelli has continued to terrorise opposition defenders. One of the strongest and most powerful forward in Europe, Balotelli’s fierce, moody style of football will cause problems for Roy Hodgson’s side, as he’ll physically battle Cahill to try and force his way into a shooting position. His performance against Germany in the semi-final of Euro 2012 was one that will always be remembered by Blues faithful.

Cahill will have to be at his best to manage the fiery Italian, but it can be done. Whilst Super Mario can create a piece of magic from nothing, he can often drop his head and fall out of the game, should his service be low. If Cahill can get to the ball first, and frustrate the striker, then England will be in a great position. The Chelsea defender enjoys a physical challenge, both on the ball and in the air, and won’t back down from taking on Balotelli at his own game.

Gerrard v Pirlo

Possibly the most important area on the pitch, whoever can win the battle of the midfield will surely win the game for their side. And what better matchup to watch then two legends for their respective countries: Andrea Pirlo and Steven Gerrard.

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The Italian, just 1 year older than Gerrard at 34, was ranked as the 5th best player in Europe by Bloomberg’s rankings in June, adding to his long list of personal awards that include being in the 2006 FIFPro World XI and 2012 UEFA Team of the Year. Pirlo is known for his incredible control over a football. The midfielder can spray a pass across the length of the field to incredible accuracy, whilst also score a free-kick from almost anywhere in the opposition’s half. And his penalty against England in Euro 2012 was the perfect demonstration of his precision, technical ability and composure.

In the white corner is Steven Gerrard, one of the best midfielders to lead out his nation. A similar player to Pirlo, his passing accuracy, and eye for an attacking through ball has led to Gerrard one of being the best assisters in the Premier League. Often the Man of the Match for both club and country, Stevie G always shows 100% commitment and passion. But on June 14th, he will have his work cut out to keep Pirlo quiet, a job he and Scott Parker failed to do two years ago. Brace yourself folks, we could be in for a treat with these two.

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Liverpool defender Daniel Agger is close to signing a new four-year contract with the Merseyside club, according to Mirror Football.

The Denmark international has become a crucial member of Brendan Rodgers’ Reds squad, but was linked with a move in the summer; Manchester City were accredited with an interest in the Scandinavian.

However, Agger is finally set to end speculation over his future by putting pen-to-paper on a new four-year deal worth £75,000 a week.

The centre-half has shown excellent performances for the Anfield outfit when fit, but has had niggling injuries blight his time in England.

The signing of Agger on a new contract would be a real boost for the Merseysiders, as Rodgers looks to continue his development at the club.

Meanwhile, impressive youngster Suso is also being lined up with a new contract also.

The young Spanish winger has broken into first-team consideration and has impressed so far in his fledgling career; however with less than a year left on his current deal Rodgers wants to tie the player down to a long-term contract.

Real Madrid have been rumoured as an interested party.

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As reported by The Daily Mail, Manchester United are interested in signing Atletico Madrid full-back Sime Vrsaljko this summer.

What’s the story?

After a disappointing season which has resulted in zero silverware, Jose Mourinho will surely be a busy man in the upcoming transfer window as he looks to build a squad capable of competing for major honours next term.

One man that could arrive at Old Trafford is Atletico right-back Sime Vrsaljko.

That’s according to The Daily Mail, who say the £30m-rated defender is on a shortlist of potential defenders.

The paper reckon that United are weighing up whether to make an offer or not for the Croatian international, considering his rather steep asking price.

Would he be a good signing?

United don’t have much depth in the full-back areas and Vrsaljko is a player with excellent experience at the top level who can play on both the right and left hand side of defence.

The 26-year-old is a reliable hand for Atletico, with just enough attacking prowess to provide a potential attacking outlet on the right flank.

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As affordable options go he could be an excellent buy this summer, especially if the club also buy a quality, natural left-back and finally bring balance to a makeshift defence.

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West Ham United attacking midfielder Manuel Lanzini suffered a hamstring injury that manager David Moyes described afterwards as “worrying” in the 1-1 draw against Bournemouth at the London Stadium on Saturday, and Irons fans have urged the club to get a deal for Inter Milan’s Joao Mario done following the blow.

Lanzini played the full 120 minutes in the east London outfit’s FA Cup third round replay tie against Shrewsbury Town during the week, and he was taken off in the 64th minute against the Cherries after suffering a hamstring issue.

Meanwhile, the Hammers have been strongly linked with a move for Joao Mario in recent days, with Inter willing to let the Euro 2016 winner leave on loan before the January transfer window slams shut.

West Ham supporters were quick to have their say on the situation via social media, and while one said “with Lanzini’s potential injury, Joao Mario would be a huge signing now”, another said “we need to bring Joao Mario in before the next game”.

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…

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Instead of being caught up in the fervent excitement ahead of a trip to Rio next summer we are now being embroiled in the most bizarre of race rows. Roy Hodgson stands accused of making a space race monkey joke during the half time team talk on Tuesday, which according to those offended was interpreted as a racist jibe towards Tottenham winger Andros Townsend.

Although the exact details of what was or wasn’t said are largely unclear, the joke was supposedly part of a gambit to get Chris Smalling to pass more frequently to Andros Townsend and it reportedly involved the NASA punch line; “feed the monkey”. The Sun has since claimed that at least one player was offended by Hodgson’s outburst and this has in part allowed the issue to escalate.

I would like to make it clear that I don’t condone racism in any form, but in the same way I don’t stand for the politically correct idiocy that is gripping our once liberal country.

Racism is still a problem in the 21st century but in my opinion those that try to stoke up offence whenever possible just act to blur the real perpetrators. It has got to the point where you actually have to stop and think about what you say even when you have absolutely no intention of being racially aggravating. I think Steven Fry was spot on when he made the following remarks on this whole concept of offence:

“It’s now very common to hear people say, ‘I’m rather offended by that.’ As if that gives them certain rights. It’s actually nothing more… than a whine. ‘I find that offensive.’ It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. ‘I am offended by that.’ Well, so f*ck*ng what.”

If you ask me the player that was quick to associate the monkey joke with Andros Townsend’s ethnicity is arguably acting in more of a racist way than Hodgson himself, and this really underlines how ridiculous the whole issue is.

The player himself has even come out to defend his manager, even going so far as to dismiss the whole episode:

Stan Collymore a staunch campaigner for anti-racism was also quick to defend Hodgson, hitting the nail on the head when he argued that events like this just end up clouding those that really are racially aggravating:

The very fact that Hodgson has even had to apologise is to me a worry in itself, why apologise when to any reasonable observer you can see that he hasn’t done anything wrong? This isn’t so much a footballing issue but a cross-societal one. Year on year we continue to have our personal freedom of expression impinged by those that wish to sterilise our language of all things that could feasibly cause offence.

Much of associated press have been quick to castigate Hodgson and I believe wrongly. I’m not surprised though, you only have to look at the recent cases of both Robbie Fowler and Adrian Chiles to realise how quick our media are to chastise those that stray from the realms of acceptability.

Now in the current climate all three cases involved the individuals using somewhat ill advised language considering the media spotlight, but this doesn’t make them wrong to do so. I doubt Fowler is a chauvinist as much as Chiles is a Pole hater, but this is the way our media and in fact many in society chose to treat those who act in this way.

Piara Powar, the executive director of the Football Against Racism in Europe (Fare) organisation, suggested Hodgson was wrong to use the term. He wrote on Twitter:

“Hodgson used very silly term within a diverse team environment. He should know better. Assume it wasn’t a Freudian slip, no evidence to suggest it was. Some players will see it as reflection of the crude language still used by some coaches and attitudes that still prevail.”

Yes again Hodgson was perhaps a little naive, but really who is Powar to tell a manager to stop using this so called ‘crude’ language? Is the expectation now for managers up and down the country to submit their perfect works of prose before kick off for moderation? Honestly where have we ended up when a manager is being told how to address his players?

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I fully expect and hope Hodgson used ‘crude’ language after some of the dross England produced during this qualifying campaign. Can you really imagine Sir Alex Ferguson straying away from ‘crude’ language when United were under-performing?

Obviously there is a difference between racism/sexism and crude language, but clearly this distinction is much too complicated for those in positions of authority to distinguish.

Has society gone mad, or am I just as much of a racist and bigot as Hodgson?

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West Ham United winger Matt Jarvis hopes that his £7.5 million move from Wolverhampton Wanderers last month will help him earn an England recall, according to The Daily Mail.

The 26-year-old made his international debut during a 1-1 draw against Ghana in March 2011. However, this to date is Jarvis’ only England cap after falling out of favour.

The winger admits that he needs to be playing at consistently high levels for the Hammers first before he can consider being called up by England manager Roy Hodgson.

“You have to play well for your club and play regularly to be called up for your country and that is exactly what I want to do.”

Jarvis knows that asserting himself as a regular starter in the West Ham side isn’t going to be easy as competition on the flanks for the Hammers is stiff – with talented players such as Gary O’Neil, Matt Taylor and Ricardo Vaz Te all vying for a similar position to Jarvis.

“The squad we have is very strong and everyone we have is fighting for a place in the starting eleven,” he said.

However, Jarvis says he is determined to be a success for the Premier League newcomers, “I am no different and I need to prove myself if I want to be starting week in, week out.”

The former Wolves man came off the bench in Saturday’s goalless draw at Norwich on Saturday following a thigh injury which he picked up in training, leaving the midfielder out of action for two weeks.

Jarvis says that he is now fully fit to face Sunderland on Saturday: “Unfortunately I picked up a slight thigh injury in training, which has forced me to miss the last couple of weeks, but I am fully recovered now  and I am delighted to be back in the squad and back on the pitch.”

The Hammers have made an impressive start to the campaign losing only one of their first four games and currently lie 8th in the Premier League table. Jarvis admits he is delighted with the start his new side have made to the season.

“I think the manager has got exactly what he wanted from us having a good start and hopefully we can keep the run going this weekend.”

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Jarvis replaced Matt Taylor in the 57th minute at Carrow Road on Saturday however the winger failed to make an impact in what he admits was a frustrating game for both sides.

“We had plenty of chances against Norwich and maybe we should have put one of ours away.

“It would have been nice to have got the win but it was very hot, which took it out of everyone involved. There were a lot of chances for both sides but it didn’t fall right for either one. Overall I was pleased to be involved in the game and happy to be back,” Jarvis added.