Sunderland boss Roy Keane admits he loved his battles against Patrick Vieira and Arsenal as Manchester United captain.
“They were brilliant,” he said, smiling as he recalled the infamous tunnel spat with Vieira at Highbury.
“We’ve talked about Liverpool, Leeds and City but United against Arsenal was always the game for me.
“They were fantastic games, the best. United against Arsenal… if I could go back for one game, that would be it. It was a brilliant rivalry, between the fans, the players and the managers. You would give anything to be playing in one of those games again. But those rivalries have gone even now. They still want to beat each other, but there’s not the real intensity.”