Man Utd vs Arsenal, Premier League

Wenger’s relationship with Mourinho was one of the main talking points at the Arsenal manager’s news conference on Thursday as Saturday’s match at Old Trafford will be their first since the Portuguese took over United in the summer.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (right) looks on as Aaron Ramsey is shown the yellow card by Craig Pawson during the Barclays Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester.

“It s between two clubs and two teams”.

The presence of longtime foes Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger at the dugout will add extra spice to this crucial encounter.

Arsene Wenger should be full of confidence ahead of the Old Trafford fixture but a bruising worldwide break has badly impacted the side’s preparation.

Jurgen Klopp s crowd-pleasing side have won seven and drawn two of their last nine league games, culminating in a 6-1 demolition of Watford last time out.

Arsenal’s two goals came off Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott. Whereas the fleet-footed, peak-of-his-career Chilean has found a ideal fit in a growing Arsenal side’s attack, the 35-year-old Ibrahimovic has looked a little lumbering in a patched-together United that aren’t yet best arranged to maximise his qualities.

While Wenger did not go as far as saying Rose went in for the tackle with the intention of injuring the player, the Arsenal manager was miffed at the manner of the challenge, largely due to the fact that Arsenal are thin in that position. “I wish I wasn’t as it’s a game I really wanted to play in”.

There had been news of the Arsenal Playmaker picking up a thigh injury when on worldwide duty missing the qualifying match against Colombia.

As for second-place Chelsea, Diego Costa was ruled out of both of Spain’s games during the break because of groin injury and Eden Hazard limped off during Belgium’s 8-1 win over Estonia with an apparent calf injury. There are also doubts over the fitness of Rooney, Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini.

Rooney eventually sealed the win for United in the 90th minute, finishing off a brilliant counter-attacking move.

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‘It’s a decisive period in the Champions League because it’s game number five and in the Premier League the first decisive games are also coming up.

For Arsenal, this is a huge game. Pogba’s was of course the best of them, as he arrowed the ball into the roof of the net.

However, when it comes to the Premier League, the 35-year old has been left out of the scheme of things by Jose Mourinho, starting just once in the 3-1 win against Swansea City.