Battle of Old Trafford resumed
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Your support makes all the difference.Premiership adversaries Manchester United and Arsenal will have another chance to do battle at Old Trafford after last night's League Cup quarter-final draw brought the teams together again.
Premiership adversaries Manchester United and Arsenal will have another chance to do battle at Old Trafford after last night's League Cup quarter-final draw brought the teams together again.
"The FA will be delighted," said a smiling Ferguson after his team beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in the fourth round. "You couldn't ask for more attractive [quarter-final] ties."
The clubs have been at loggerheads since United won 2-0 at Old Trafford last month, in an ill-tempered match that ended Arsenal's unbeaten run of 49 league games and was followed by a food fight in the tunnel prompting a United investigation.
As a result of incidents that occurred during the match, United's striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy was banned for three matches for a crude tackle on defender Ashley Cole, while Wenger was charged by the FA on Monday with improper conduct after accusing Van Nistelrooy of being a "cheat".
This match revived tensions which surfaced during last year's league encounter between the two teams at Old Trafford, which ended with several Arsenal players hounding Van Nistelrooy after his late penalty miss in a 0-0 draw.
League Cup Quarter-Final Draw
Watford v Portsmouth
Tottenham v Liverpool
Fulham v Chelsea
Man Utd v Arsenal
(Matches to be played on 30 Nov or 1 Dec)
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