Memorable Manchester United v Arsenal showdowns
Brief summaries of seven memorable showdowns between Manchester United and
Arsenal ahead of their meeting in the FA Cup final in Cardiff on Saturday:
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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.
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October 24 2004
Manchester United 2 Arsenal 0, Premier League
United's win ended the champions' record run of 49 unbeaten Premier League
matches in a game which became known as 'the battle of the buffet'.
Arsenal players allegedly threw pizza at Alex Ferguson in the Old Trafford
tunnel after the final whistle, forcing the United boss 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.
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April 3 2004
Manchester United 1 Arsenal 0, FA Cup semi-final
Arsenal almost score 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 their ferocious commitment deserved.
The Villa Park victory was made even sweeter for United as it was achieved
without Van Nistelrooy and ended Arsenal's hopes of a third successive FA Cup
triumph.
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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 fell
to the ground, infuriating the Arsenal team.
With time running out the bad blood boiled over. United earned a penalty but
Van Nistelrooy hit it against the bar. The Arsenal players taunted and jostled
the Dutchman.
United's Cristiano 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 pounds ($316,600) for
failing to control their players.
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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.
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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
halftime.
Arsenal, featuring David Seaman in goal, Cole, Robert Pires, Vieira and Thierry
Henry, never recovered and eventually finished 10 points adrift of champions
United.
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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 Dennis Bergkamp
equalised and 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.
long live ManUtd,
Dein
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