Arsene Wenger: Let’s not bore the fans into switching off

Arsene Wenger insists his long-term rivalry with Jose Mourinho is not what will pull in the audience when his Arsenal side travel to face Manchester United at lunchtime.

The Frenchman has struggled against Mourinho down the years, winning just one of the 15 previous head-to-heads with the current United boss.

The pair have had touchline spats since Mourinho’s early days at Chelsea, with the Portuguese often using barbed comments aimed at Wenger. Mourinho has since moved to Old Trafford, where Arsenal have not won in the League for a decade, and all the elements are in place for another combustible afternoon.