February 1 2005: Arsenal 2 Manchester United 4, Premier League
Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in four minutes to guide Manchester United to a thrilling comeback victory at Highbury. Captain Patrick Vieira headed Arsenal into an eighth-minute lead, Ryan Giggs levelled for United 10 minutes later and Dennis Bergkamp restored Arsenal's lead before the break.
Ronaldo's goals in the 54th and 58th minutes, along with an 88th-minute strike by substitute John O'Shea, completed the comeback for United, who played the last 21 minutes with 10 men after defender Mikael Silvestre was sent off.
October 24 2004: Manchester United 2 Arsenal 0, Premier League
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United's win ended the champions' record run of 49 unbeaten Premier League matches in a game that became known as 'the battle of the buffet'. Arsenal players allegedly threw pizza at United boss Alex Ferguson in the Old Trafford tunnel after the final whistle, forcing the manager to change his shirt.
A controversial Ruud van Nistelrooy penalty, after Wayne Rooney had gone down following minimal contact with Sol Campbell, and a late Rooney strike secured victory for United.
April 3 2004: Manchester United 1 Arsenal 0, FA Cup semi-final
Arsenal almost scored twice at the start of a thrilling first half before Paul Scholes's ruthless finish after 32 minutes, from a Giggs cross, proved enough to give United a victory that their ferocious commitment deserved.
The Villa Park victory was particularly sweet for United because it was achieved without Van Nistelrooy and ended Arsenal's hopes of a third successive FA Cup triumph.
September 21 2003: Manchester United 0 Arsenal 0, Premier League
The match erupted when Arsenal captain Vieira was sent off after 81 minutes for kicking out at Van Nistelrooy. Vieira made no contact but Van Nistelrooy reacted with indignation, infuriating the Arsenal team.
With time running out, the bad blood boiled over. United earned a penalty but Van Nistelrooy kicked it against the bar. The Arsenal players taunted and jostled the Dutchman. Ronaldo and Giggs, and Arsenal's Martin Keown, Ray Parlour, Lauren and Ashley Cole were involved in heated confrontations. The FA eventually banned Lauren for four matches, Keown for three and Parlour and Vieira for one match each. Arsenal were fined £175 000 for failing to control their players.
May 8 2002: Manchester United 0 Arsenal 1, Premier League
French striker Sylvain Wiltord pounced in the second half after fine work by Freddie Ljungberg to secure Arsenal the sweetest of FA Cup and Premier League doubles in a bear-pit atmosphere inside Old Trafford.
United, despite an outstanding display by captain Roy Keane, looked second best throughout, as they had for most of the
season.
February 25 2001: Manchester United 6 Arsenal 1, Premier League
Dwight Yorke struck a hat-trick in the Old Trafford sunshine as lumbering Arsenal defender Igor Stepanovs, a Latvian born in the town of Ogre, endured a personal nightmare. Yorke scored three times in the first 22 minutes and United led 5-1 at half-time. Arsenal, featuring David Seaman in goal, Cole, Robert Pires, Vieira and Thierry Henry, never recovered and eventually finished 10 points adrift of champions United.
April 14 1999: Manchester United 2 Arsenal 1, FA Cup semi-final replay
Giggs's extra-time zig-zag through the Arsenal defence, voted the greatest goal in FA Cup history, settled a titanic struggle in United's favour. David Beckham gave United the lead at Villa Park before Bergkamp equalised. The Dutchman then missed the chance to win it in stoppage time when Peter Schmeichel saved his penalty.
By then United's Keane had been sent off. In extra time Giggs had the last word before embarking on a crazy, shirt-twirling celebration pursued, it seemed, by half of Manchester.
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