da betobet： [ad_pod ]
da marjack bet： This article is part of Football FanCast’s Opinion series, which provides analysis, insight and opinion on any issue within the beautiful game, from Paul Pogba’s haircuts to League Two relegation battles…
Arsenal and Manchester United will face each other in the Premier League on Monday night as both sides compete for the top four.
Of the two, the Gunners have had the best start to the campaign. They currently sit in fourth on 11 points after six games. They have not looked convincing, though, with all three of their victories coming courtesy of one-goal margins.
Manchester United, however, will wish they could swap places with Unai Emery’s side. It all started so well, with a 4-0 victory against Chelsea on the opening day of the campaign. However, they have only won one league match since then, and they looked particularly lethargic against West Ham last Sunday.
For both sides, it used to be so different, and their fall from grace shows just how much the Premier League has changed in recent years.
Watch Arsenal Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below
Younger generations may only be used to Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool competing regularly for the Premier League title, but Arsenal and United used to be the top dogs in English football. Between 1996 and 2003, no-one else won the Premier League title as Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson went head-to-head.
Who can forget United’s 6-1 hammering of the Gunners in 2001, or the ugly scenes following Ruud van Nistelrooy’s penalty miss in 2003? These are just two of the most iconic moments seen on these shores.
The intensity and passion – which sometimes went overboard, as the van Nistelrooy incident showed – bring back memories of a bygone era. While the Premier League may now be producing some fantastic football, it is hard not to be nostalgic about what could be called the division’s golden age.
The landscape has long-since changed, though. Neither Ferguson nor Wenger are still at their respective clubs, and the teams have won just two titles between them this decade. Both of them were won by United.
Now, it is indeed the Citizens and the Reds who are fighting for the title and, unfortunately for the Red Devils and Gunners’ supporters, neither of the two former giants look like rivalling them any time soon.
Even for the neutral fan, it is bizarre to see the two struggle to keep up with the new leading lights.
As it is, next week’s game is nothing more than a contest between two teams competing to finish in the top four.
They, just like the supporters of the two teams, will need to remember the glory days to remind themselves of a time when Manchester United and Arsenal ruled English football.