Tame end to Arsene Wenger’s Old Trafford epic

Manchester United 2 Arsenal 1: For a fixture that has offered us the Battle of the Buffet, the sight of Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane snarling at each other like a pair of Rottweilers on steroids in the Old Trafford tunnel, this was a particularly low-key, some might say sad, way for Arsene Wenger to bid farewell to Manchester United.

Tame end to Arsene Wenger’s Old Trafford epic

At least Maroune Fellaini’s 91st-minute winner raised the football on show above the instantly forgettable, as the Belgian rose above Granit Xhaka to head in Ashley Young’s cross from eight yards.

And just for a brief second, it was just like the good old days when Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger knocked lumps off each other on some of the most dramatic, memorable occasions in the history of the Premier League.

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