@@awrr3409 WorldCup in France for France which was a strong squad and he's Senegalese. Yeah, Senegal isn't in Europe either. Would've been a lot more impressive had he won something with Senegal. Reaching a WorldCup knockout stage with Senegal or like quarter-finals like they achieved in 2002 (knocking out Vieira's team in the group stage) is probably as good an achievement as being part of a strong squad with Zidane etc...who are hosting a WorldCup and winning it. And I know Zidane isn't actually French either but that's not the arguement.
better, far better than the invincibles. always said that. our best ever team the 1999 one. without winning anything. they came so close to another double.
@@jeannotschumacher1024 They weren't good ebough to win 2 doubles in a row they were lucky enough to do it in 97/98. Far luckier than ManUtd were in winning this treble.
Emirates looks big on TV, but if you're watching from the seat, the pitch doesn't look all that big. Yes, it had the minimum sized pitch allowed by FIFA. However, Highbury looked compact & small more because of the camera angle. I loved watching Arsenal at Highbury. The small distance between the pitch and supporters gave a unique and extra intimidating atmosphere.
Oh yeah. A lot of it is the TV angle - that part is really bad. But it WAS quite small, so with the pace of the premier league and the closeness of the stands to the pitch, there's nowhere to hide...especially when the tackles start flying in as they used to.
@@hostingoptions4260 Beckham scored against Seaman from about 25 yards out in FAcup that season and also I think Beckham only scored about 9 goals in all competitions that season so you were wrong on both counts.
Not even close. I love Torreira and I think hes a fantastic player but he wont be the player Patrick was. Captain, Leader, Legend. Still to this day we havent replaced him and I think we prolly never will they just dont make em like that anymore. But physically speaking in terms of size and skill I think for example Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is kinda similar to Vieira. Id love to see him at The Arsenal!
You cannot compare a single current arsenal player to any of that team. Aubameyang would perhaps have been given a few starts over Anelka. But with the arrival of Thierry, not even he would get into the team. There is a reason that team were champions, in a much tougher and hostile Premiership than today - Whilst the current side can't even make top four.
@@ogundimuolamiji4137 Embarrass myself ? That is what he actually ended up doing, to the point that he ended up almost making himself a complete laughing stock. The guy could not set up the team tactically to save his life in those last ten years from 08 through to 2018. The evidence is right there in front of you. Any coach worth their salt absolutely would not continuously do the same thing season after season against Barcelona and Bayern (which was “play football” in his own words) and expect a completely different outcome every time and just end up losing every time. HE DID. I know it’s hypothetical but if George Graham was in charge of the awful team with that crap defence and midfield he would have found a way to get past those two teams at least once each through drilling that team defensively because believe it or not defending is an essential part of the game, but not according to Wenger it wasn’t.
In that period, 1997 to 2004, United very rarely outplayed us. It did happen (the 6-1 comes to mind) but mostly what we got was fouling, clogging and grabbing to counter the better football played by Arsenal. Unusually, in this match, punished by the referee. More typically, it proved effective.
Bullshit. ManUtd scored 80 PL goals that season to Arsenal's 59 "better football" 😆 and don't get me started on Europe which ManUtd won in invincible style and again by scoring the most goals, always strongly competed in CL in this era while Arsenal weren't jeopardising their domestic seasons by playing European football at all pretty much I.e 1997/98 Arsenal nicked the PL title because Winterburn fouled Scholes in the box at 2-2 no pen then Winterburn sets up Arsenal's late winner which was a crucial 6point swing that went towards Arsenal nicking the title by nothing margin (needed another narrow late win vs ManUtd's B-team later in the season) when ManUtd were better at attacking & defending scoring more & conceding less, Arsenal nicked it by having 1 more draw ManUtd's losses were more unlucky than Arsenal's and ManUtd had 12GD better so there was literally nothing suggesting Arsenal were better that season and Arsenal had bad disciplinary record....Arsenal like to pretend they were great when they were lucky to win something but when ManUtd win more convincingly they were apparently lucky 🤔 ManUtd won 3 PL's in a row from this match they almost won 6 in a row 1995/96 to 2000/01. And 2002/03 Thierry scored an offside brace to get a 2-2 draw both ManUtd goals legitimate and it was typically Arsenal the ones complaining somehow. ManUtd also beat Arsenal in this treble season in the FAcup basically 3 times because first game Keane scored legitimate goal bizarrely disallowed because the linesman thought Giggs passing to himself is offside 🤦♂️ In the replay ManUtd were 1-0 up great Beckham goal and cruising until flukey Bergkamp deflected shot and ManUtd had to beat them all over again in extra time, with 10 men....which they did with an iconic goal.
As a United fan myself I agree. United were always better on the back foot anyways. Hence the 1999 treble beating Bayern in the final and Juve in the semi. Backs to the wall was when Fergie shined. Wenger played more dominant football.
I agree, even as a United supporter, I always felt the games at Highbury looked and felt more intimidating than at the Emirates. Psychologicaly I think the Emirates is too pretty and comfortable & lost the intimidating atmosphere. Highbury looked like a battle ground, where as the Emirates looks like a plush modern day hotel spa...
I agree, even as a United supporter, I always felt the games at Highbury looked and felt more intimidating than at the Emirates. Psychologicaly I think the Emirates is too pretty and comfortable & lost the intimidating atmosphere. Highbury looked like a battle ground, where as the Emirates looks like a plush modern day hotel spa...
@@hashtag_thisguy Agreed. Incredibly small and tight pitch. Impossible to find space on it. So when you lose the bass, you're in trouble. Emirates pitch must be twice it's width.
Thank you for posting this. Very nice to see Lundberg's first goal for Arsenal and always a pleasure to watch the Gunners beat ManU. The 25 minute cut is very nice as you get a good feel for the match. Thanks again and cheers! COYG !!!
It's absolutely amazing to think that this was the Man Utd team that went on to win the treble that season. Arsenal were excellent in that match, but my God, Man Utd were truly dire, far and away their worst performance that season, it should have been far more than 3-0. Beckham should definitely have been sent off, that stamp on Hughes at 15:05 was nasty.
This loss came at the perfect time for United. Fergie fixed the defensive issues and link between midfield and forwards, and the rest of the season as we know...is history.
United fan here. May we both return to our 90s and ‘00s level. I used to be terrified everytime we go to Highbury back then. I miss our rivalry so bad and now we’re the laughing stock of the internet.
This team #Arsenal was the meanest team then, Henry and Pires had not yet materialized and if they had, they had no room yet to show their might, just imagine
@@jamilakhtar8889 wenger started to take the grit out of the team. like it or not. he just took the profit out of georges drill and made the best of it. wenger never understood the arsenal way. otherwise he would never ever have accepted to sign almunia as e keeper🤦🏻♂️. no real backup for lehmann. or never replacing lee dixon. lucky that lauren adapted so well through luck as a midfielder. and still, was never the same threat as lee going forward. not the sharpest knife in the kitchen. not st all. wenger is guilty for more then one thing which turned against us.
Vieira played wonderfully in this match. Tremendous work ethic, crucial interceptions, powerful runs, progressive passes -------- did everything in this match. Brilliant combination of elegance & strength.
If they were clearly better than Man United that season then they would have won the league but they didn't as Man United were better so your logic makes 0 sense.
Arsenal didn't throw it away. Man Utd went on a storming run the turn of the year. They didn't lose a single game after Christmas in any competition, bar a league cup tie to Spurs.
I remember those days, someone was always moving in and out of space in the middle to open up opportunities for a quick explosive counter attack with force by using the unmarked man who filled the middle space behind as a pivot. We would win games and dominate. Now our midfield is crowded and space is congested by two defensive midfielders across the back line and we always predictably attack up the wings. Then posses back to to the defensive line instead of pressing the goal. Then back up the wings to a dead end eventually losing possession. Now we're middle table and can barely manage a draw.
They had one bad game that's all. When man utd were in full flow even though they were challenging on all fronts, their 10 men were too strong for this same arsenal team
Highbury was a religious stadium of all of us lucky enough to felt the connection between the teracess,pitch,players,Arsene and Arsenal.Such a shame replacing the temple with a shooping mall,we lost the atmosphere and a soul.COYG
When we have men of quality , I mean players with surname seaman, Dixon, winterburn, Adams and Martin keown common how do you pass this defence line made of men made by steel? In the midfield you the elegant and robust Patrick Vieira, well assisted by the slick Ray parlour. Then you get to attack and see the best player with football sense in Dennis bergkamp, playing alongside Anelka, Henry, having overmars, pires,lunberg on the wings common the good all days was fun in arsenal. Long live gunners .
How did Wenger go from producing teams like this to what happened within the last 3-4 years of his tenure? I'm sure its a complex story but this Arsenal team made a treble-winning Utd side look average in the 1st half.
He inherited a very good defense and then forgot to keep refreshing it and didn't have quite the budget needed as they were paying down the Emirates and staying out of debt. Now they need two solid center backs and a good DM and they could be in the thick of it, if UE is up to the task, that is. Jury still out on that.
@@mydancinglife730 Wenger thought football was more than just winning trophies and he became more and more greedy and refused to spend on quality players and not to forget all the lame excuses at every press conference.
@@tayeebhussain5014 Well, I can see how you might choose to look at it that way. I think it much more likely that Wenger understood that the team on the pitch was going to get less money while they built a new stadium to fund greater success in future years. He has said as much in some interviews. Now, we have to lean on the owner to not take the money and run, but actually put it back into the team and build a European dynasty like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and ManU. As for his press conferences, not everyone can be as forthright as Klopp. UE is so "diplomatic" at press conferences that I can no longer watch him. I think that Wenger was worn out in his last years and just didn't have the energy needed to keep the team in the top four and challenging for titles, but he wanted to see his project through and hopefully leave with some silverware. COYG !!!
@@mydancinglife730 The last 3 or 4 years wenger did win F.A cups but that is all the credit he deserves in his last years as a manager of arsenal but one thing is for sure he didnt like the transfer windows lol.
Two assists by Stephen Hughes. He was rarely going to get a chance once Petit and Overmars established themselves in the team and was sold. But he was a very tidy left-footed midfield player.
Back when Arsenal had really huge personalities. Damn. Vieira is a rolemodel to all upcoming central midfielders. Nobody has ever played that role better at Arsenal.
He left almost 16-17 years ago and we still haven’t come close to replacing him. Gilberto Silva was probably the last person we had who could do some of what Vieira would do.
@@jb.300 wenger never ever wanted this kind of players anymore....replaced him with numbers of midgets in midfield....never worked...and the club let him go on like that for 12 mor years....sheer madness, incompetence high three.
@Bakaene Mukuru Yeah so much better that you were eliminated in the first round of the European competition you were in for the 3rd out of 4 seasons in a row 1996/97 to 1999/00 whilst ManUtd competed strongly in the CL every year and in 1998/99 won it in invincible style and won FAcup with the hardest route any winner has ever had and top scorers by far in both PL & CL. If Arsenal were better than ManUtd in 1998/99 then Jesus ManUtd were on another planet compared to Arsenal in 1997/98. Arsenal were FAR luckier that year! Even just talking about PL alone & forgetting the effect a European season can have on a team's title race. ManUtd were better in the PL both seasons and didn't rely on luck or Arsenal key injuries to win 98/99 where as Arsenal DID rely on luck & many key absences for ManUtd to nick 97/98. Both seasons ManUtd scored a lot more PL goals. Both seasons ManUtd had better GD. ManUtd were PL top scorers for 7 straight seasons 1995/96 to 2000/01.
Wenger inherited talented players and together they became great.... Players that were not replaced from this match prspkt Tony Adam's, Patrick veira, Dennis Bergkamp, Martin Kewon.
These things happened against Mourinho and fans acted as if it was all new. It's amazing how the following season United went on to win the treble. Great things take time, patience and belief
😭😭😭😭😭 I watched Arsenal which was very extraordinary that year, until now I am over 30 and at this time I am very disappointed what happened to my arsenal
@eric stewart Or how about the linesman's only job to put the flag up when it's offside.... When you look at the disallowed goal Keane scored later that season vs Arsenal in the FAcup it's even more of a piss-take. And don't get me started on the Thierry Henry offside brace etc...
this game. bleeding heck i had just spend 7 months studying in the UK, came home, graduated school and watched this game down in DC where i think i had to pay 10$ to get in and watch it! worth every nickel!
People thik the game has become more technical. More like it has become more soft. People look at 90's early 2000s football as outdated. But these teams will rip through the preimire league today with players like this. Physical ability was through the roof
You say that when you've just witnessed yet another Arsenal offside goal vs ManUtd at Highbury allowed to stand. Ljungberg is offside, to go with the offside brace Thierry Henry got in 2002/03. Even 1997/98 Arsenal are never winning that title if the ref gives the blatant penalty at 2-2 when Winterburn fouled Scholes, they're not winning the title if it finishes 2-2 even. Roy Keane disallowed goal in 1998/99 FAcup semi-final. Bizarre!! Adebayor hand of god at OldTrafford Vieira diving all game and assaulting players in charity shield 1999 wins Arsenal a pen, doesn't get sent off for either his dives or his assaults. FAcup game 2008 when ManUtd rest Ronaldo yet still thrash Arsenal 4-0 lol....Arsenal get so frustrated they're losing the game of football that they resort to kicking ManUtd for the whole game. Should've had 4 red cards therefore suspensions to key players, only got 1 which was a double red. FA looked at the incidents did F all. Following week Eduardo injury vs Birmingham, Wenger has the audacity to say "teams feel in order to stop Arsenal you have to kick Arsenal" 🤔 And of course typical Arsenal they blamed their season's failures on that injury. Always an excuse with Arsenal, losers. Why is their champions league record so shit?? 19 champions league seasons, 2 semi-finals, no titles...very poor.
Chelsea had won the CWC and the League cup the previous season and the Supercup against CL winners RM this season while finishing 4 points behind United. They were not ordinary. Not as big as they are now, sure, but still a big club. Like from 96/97 to 99/00, they won 2 FA cups, a League cup, a CWC and a Supercup, winning a throphy every season during that period, while also consistently finishing in the top 5.
![Arsenal vs Man United | 3-2 | 1997/98 [HQ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HswWbfRle8E/mqdefault.jpg)
Vieira = Pace, Strength, Height, Vision, Skill, Leadership, Tough. Very few players are as complete as him.
Defense, attack and strike.
Diver....didn't win back-to-back PL titles. Didn't even play in a champions league semi-final for any team he played for, let alone win the fucker.
@@cddb5408 but won a World cup and euro
@@awrr3409 WorldCup in France for France which was a strong squad and he's Senegalese.
Yeah, Senegal isn't in Europe either.
Would've been a lot more impressive had he won something with Senegal.
Reaching a WorldCup knockout stage with Senegal or like quarter-finals like they achieved in 2002 (knocking out Vieira's team in the group stage) is probably as good an achievement as being part of a strong squad with Zidane etc...who are hosting a WorldCup and winning it.
And I know Zidane isn't actually French either but that's not the arguement.
@@cddb5408 A team isn't based only on 1 player, stop your BS towards vieira.
I know Henry went on to be our greatest ever player, but I absolutely loved Anelka. His partnership with Bergkamp has amazing memories for me.
I still don't understand how Anelka could been Arsenal legend
Arsenal fan here, crying at my computer, remembering what a great team we used to be.
United fan here. I feel the same. About my team and yours. We were epic to watch.
Still trophyless Arsenal from that season until 2002.
better, far better than the invincibles.
always said that. our best ever team the 1999 one. without winning anything. they came so close to another double.
@@jeannotschumacher1024 They weren't good ebough to win 2 doubles in a row they were lucky enough to do it in 97/98.
Far luckier than ManUtd were in winning this treble.
@@cddb5408 go to your manu sites🤷🏻♂️ support on our sides is a no go....
so...just go😉
Freddie on his debut.. what a buy for 3m.. always loved watching him play !!
Shame he was offside lol
@@ricstanley8769 Yeah, today VAR would call it off. Beckham woulda gone too. And Butt would have likely stayed on.
@@TheCardinal23 and all 3 decisions would have been against the spirit of the game. all of them
Awesome memories I remember this match on Sunday afternoon in 1998. Wish I was 21 years old again
Highbury pitch felt like a basketball court, small compact and end to end action.
Emirates looks big on TV, but if you're watching from the seat, the pitch doesn't look all that big. Yes, it had the minimum sized pitch allowed by FIFA. However, Highbury looked compact & small more because of the camera angle. I loved watching Arsenal at Highbury. The small distance between the pitch and supporters gave a unique and extra intimidating atmosphere.
Oh yeah. A lot of it is the TV angle - that part is really bad. But it WAS quite small, so with the pace of the premier league and the closeness of the stands to the pitch, there's nowhere to hide...especially when the tackles start flying in as they used to.
I would've liked what you had to say but think you got a few spelling and grammar mistakes there mate so was hard to follow...
Arteta should show this to the current squad as a masterclass in workrate, togetherness and pure willingness to win. Staggering difference...
Jesper I agree, he ought to show them the Bayern 10 - 2 as an indication of how Arsenal are NOW!
Randall Davis 2-0
@@randalldavis3597 But Bayern always lost to the mighty Real Madrid in the Champions league
@Mahamex Aden, the Bayern who are reigning champions of Europe while Arsenal scratch around in the Europa league (which we can't win!)
@@randalldavis3597 Real Madrid have 13 Champions League 🏆🤴
Safe Hands, the way he cought that Beckham freekick,man i love David Seaman
Viera sprinting in the closing minutes like he just come in.What a stamina!🤔
89
What do you mean 89? Viera started the game.
ze geners
Commentator: And Adams miss kick clearance; and Dixon said whatever you can do badly I can do worst 😂😁😁😂🤔
Khaleefah. Jay. Hahaha very funny
So funny amazing comentator
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Commentator have huge sense of humour. Haha
back when 12M was a record signing
Back when most footballers didn't have excessive tattoes and wear black boots.
@@jamilakhtar8889 Yeah all the way back in 1992 Milan bought Lentini. He never lived up to such a huge price did he?
12m doesn't buy you a 1st div player let alone a premier league player now lol, how times have changed
UFC JAM it’s a microcosm of the world’s economy.
@@aabidamn and social media
Patrick Vieira/ What A Rock In That Defensive Midfield Position.....
such videos make me smile.. good old days for us..
The back 5 is as hard as a rock back then .....
and david seaman was the only keeper that could keep beckam out, he was a kepper
@@hostingoptions4260 Beckham scored against Seaman from about 25 yards out in FAcup that season and also I think Beckham only scored about 9 goals in all competitions that season so you were wrong on both counts.
i was about to compare torreira with viera but after watching this video i just zipped it and put my tail between my legs
Viera was amazing especially in this game
Not even close. I love Torreira and I think hes a fantastic player but he wont be the player Patrick was. Captain, Leader, Legend. Still to this day we havent replaced him and I think we prolly never will they just dont make em like that anymore. But physically speaking in terms of size and skill I think for example Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is kinda similar to Vieira. Id love to see him at The Arsenal!
I was going to compare Scarlett Johansson with Susan Boyle but decided it was just as pointless.
Are you crazy
You cannot compare a single current arsenal player to any of that team. Aubameyang would perhaps have been given a few starts over Anelka. But with the arrival of Thierry, not even he would get into the team. There is a reason that team were champions, in a much tougher and hostile Premiership than today - Whilst the current side can't even make top four.
The start of Ljungberg at Arsenal. Often overlooked but boy, what a player and what a Arsenal career.
Yeah, offside goal lol...didn't win any major trophies with Arsenal until his 4th season.
Arsenal missed Vieira so badly, so much presence and dominance in the midfield.
Torreira
alan teoh torreira is there now to bring out that thing we miss from viera
Vieira and Torreira shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence.
He's was playing.
@@bakaweiner6956 Communication goes beyond languange. Physical ques and body language matter more.
George Graham’s defence with Wenger’s technique, pace and attacking flair plus Dennis Bergkamp...awesome
Arsene Wenger slowly ruined Arsenal. Absolutely overrated coach and self appointed football “guru”
@@mrflynn1205 don't embarrass yourself
@@ogundimuolamiji4137 Embarrass myself ? That is what he actually ended up doing, to the point that he ended up almost making himself a complete laughing stock. The guy could not set up the team tactically to save his life in those last ten years from 08 through to 2018. The evidence is right there in front of you. Any coach worth their salt absolutely would not continuously do the same thing season after season against Barcelona and Bayern (which was “play football” in his own words) and expect a completely different outcome every time and just end up losing every time. HE DID.
I know it’s hypothetical but if George Graham was in charge of the awful team with that crap defence and midfield he would have found a way to get past those two teams at least once each through drilling that team defensively because believe it or not defending is an essential part of the game, but not according to Wenger it wasn’t.
1999 team > 2004 team
@@mrflynn1205 agreed
In that period, 1997 to 2004, United very rarely outplayed us. It did happen (the 6-1 comes to mind) but mostly what we got was fouling, clogging and grabbing to counter the better football played by Arsenal. Unusually, in this match, punished by the referee. More typically, it proved effective.
Bullshit.
ManUtd scored 80 PL goals that season to Arsenal's 59 "better football" 😆 and don't get me started on Europe which ManUtd won in invincible style and again by scoring the most goals, always strongly competed in CL in this era while Arsenal weren't jeopardising their domestic seasons by playing European football at all pretty much I.e
1997/98 Arsenal nicked the PL title because Winterburn fouled Scholes in the box at 2-2 no pen then Winterburn sets up Arsenal's late winner which was a crucial 6point swing that went towards Arsenal nicking the title by nothing margin (needed another narrow late win vs ManUtd's B-team later in the season) when ManUtd were better at attacking & defending scoring more & conceding less, Arsenal nicked it by having 1 more draw ManUtd's losses were more unlucky than Arsenal's and ManUtd had 12GD better so there was literally nothing suggesting Arsenal were better that season and Arsenal had bad disciplinary record....Arsenal like to pretend they were great when they were lucky to win something but when ManUtd win more convincingly they were apparently lucky 🤔
ManUtd won 3 PL's in a row from this match they almost won 6 in a row 1995/96 to 2000/01.
And 2002/03 Thierry scored an offside brace to get a 2-2 draw both ManUtd goals legitimate and it was typically Arsenal the ones complaining somehow.
ManUtd also beat Arsenal in this treble season in the FAcup basically 3 times because first game Keane scored legitimate goal bizarrely disallowed because the linesman thought Giggs passing to himself is offside 🤦♂️
In the replay ManUtd were 1-0 up great Beckham goal and cruising until flukey Bergkamp deflected shot and ManUtd had to beat them all over again in extra time, with 10 men....which they did with an iconic goal.
As a United fan myself I agree. United were always better on the back foot anyways. Hence the 1999 treble beating Bayern in the final and Juve in the semi. Backs to the wall was when Fergie shined.
Wenger played more dominant football.
Arsenal did fuck all in Europe, though. Couldn't even win the significantly weakened UEFA Cup in 2000.
@@Al-ji4gd oh well
Sweet memories indeed, when the gunners were still spitting fire
When the gunners were dragon.
If we were still at Highbury I reckon we could have won more trophies as that was a fortress
Id agree with that
I agree, even as a United supporter, I always felt the games at Highbury looked and felt more intimidating than at the Emirates. Psychologicaly I think the Emirates is too pretty and comfortable & lost the intimidating atmosphere. Highbury looked like a battle ground, where as the Emirates looks like a plush modern day hotel spa...
I agree, even as a United supporter, I always felt the games at Highbury looked and felt more intimidating than at the Emirates. Psychologicaly I think the Emirates is too pretty and comfortable & lost the intimidating atmosphere. Highbury looked like a battle ground, where as the Emirates looks like a plush modern day hotel spa...
@@hashtag_thisguy Agreed. Incredibly small and tight pitch. Impossible to find space on it. So when you lose the bass, you're in trouble. Emirates pitch must be twice it's width.
and spent less on a stadium and more on players! i miss david dein
Arsenal was once the best team in the world we will attain that status again
Sal DiMarchese with berkamp in the away matches they would won cl
@Sodak Publicity
When was that?
Thank you for posting this. Very nice to see Lundberg's first goal for Arsenal and always a pleasure to watch the Gunners beat ManU. The 25 minute cut is very nice as you get a good feel for the match. Thanks again and cheers! COYG !!!
Football was sooo beautiful 😍😍
As man utd fan we survived Highbury.. arsenal used to tear us
It's absolutely amazing to think that this was the Man Utd team that went on to win the treble that season. Arsenal were excellent in that match, but my God, Man Utd were truly dire, far and away their worst performance that season, it should have been far more than 3-0.
Beckham should definitely have been sent off, that stamp on Hughes at 15:05 was nasty.
also does Keane
Fergie gave em the hair dryer treatment 😁😁
This loss came at the perfect time for United. Fergie fixed the defensive issues and link between midfield and forwards, and the rest of the season as we know...is history.
😱😱 nearly caught his balls
@@KingBiBim nasty play.
The intensity was phenomenal
centre back + winger + striker = Patrick viera
The tough nature of the game is gone for sure now
The best arsenal jersey of all time
United fan here.
May we both return to our 90s and ‘00s level. I used to be terrified everytime we go to Highbury back then. I miss our rivalry so bad and now we’re the laughing stock of the internet.
Please stop saying WE.
Used to listen to the arsenal matches on the radio. (GoodTimes)
Back when men were men and football was a man's game!!!
Khalid Osman I can't disagree with you
Apart from Vieira.
Clearly you weren't watching La Liga around this time.
@ABDI SAID wtf???
Cynicayke 😂 They were pussy over in Spain?
This team #Arsenal was the meanest team then, Henry and Pires had not yet materialized and if they had, they had no room yet to show their might, just imagine
@@jamilakhtar8889 wenger started to take the grit out of the team. like it or not. he just took the profit out of georges drill and made the best of it.
wenger never understood the arsenal way. otherwise he would never ever have accepted to sign almunia as e keeper🤦🏻♂️. no real backup for lehmann. or never replacing lee dixon. lucky that lauren adapted so well through luck as a midfielder. and still, was never the same threat as lee going forward. not the sharpest knife in the kitchen. not st all. wenger is guilty for more then one thing which turned against us.
This is the match that i begin love with football
"Why does David Beckham do those things?" 😂😂😂😂🤣🙈
Love Arsenal. My love Wenger 🌹
watching this after the 1-1 draw today, crazy to see the decline of both teams
Ljunberg took one touch and instantly became an arsenal legend 👍
his first touch loll 👍
Seaman knew how to handle Beckham's free kicks and Ljungberg how to manage Schmeichel's rushes. Top match through and through!
Considering neither Keane or Beckham was even booked, Butt was unlucky to be sent off.
And now Freddie is Arsenal’s manager. What a legend
Vieira played wonderfully in this match. Tremendous work ethic, crucial interceptions, powerful runs, progressive passes -------- did everything in this match. Brilliant combination of elegance & strength.
Hat tip and salute to unsung hero Marc Overmars. His only flaw was inconsistency, but when he was on he was a joy to watch.
He was always "on". Phenomenal player.
How did Arsenal throw away the league this season. They were clearly better than united in the league.
I remember it was due to injuries to some of the key players, the lack of squad depth, and possibly an unsettled Anelka.
If they were clearly better than Man United that season then they would have won the league but they didn't as Man United were better so your logic makes 0 sense.
@@user-lj6jp8qp7z you need to stop taking things simple-mindedly
Arsenal didn't throw it away. Man Utd went on a storming run the turn of the year. They didn't lose a single game after Christmas in any competition, bar a league cup tie to Spurs.
Premier League has never found players as good as Adams, Vieira, Bergkamp, Stam, Keane and Giggs!
Is Keane a good player ?
I remember those days, someone was always moving in and out of space in the middle to open up opportunities for a quick explosive counter attack with force by using the unmarked man who filled the middle space behind as a pivot. We would win games and dominate. Now our midfield is crowded and space is congested by two defensive midfielders across the back line and we always predictably attack up the wings. Then posses back to to the defensive line instead of pressing the goal. Then back up the wings to a dead end eventually losing possession. Now we're middle table and can barely manage a draw.
Seaman is making David Beckham's efforts look like child's play. 😁
Made a Prime Man utd team look like Fulham
They had one bad game that's all. When man utd were in full flow even though they were challenging on all fronts, their 10 men were too strong for this same arsenal team
This was a great Arsenal team, but ultimately they won the battle and lost the war this season.
That arsenal back 5 was incredible
The debut of an underrated Arsenal legend. Freddie :)
"now this is prime David beckam territory" lol david seamsn knows him too well
He didn't in the FA Cup Semi Final later on in the season
Anelka, Bermkamp. Overmos and Viera.. wth Adams at the back this team can beat anyone.. not sure how they failed to win any European Cup
Highbury was a religious stadium of all of us lucky enough to felt the connection between the teracess,pitch,players,Arsene and Arsenal.Such a shame replacing the temple with a shooping mall,we lost the atmosphere and a soul.COYG
first game against pool in 1992. bang...hooked
Those Beckham free kicks were on target. He was a sniper with that right foot.
When we have men of quality , I mean players with surname seaman, Dixon, winterburn, Adams and Martin keown common how do you pass this defence line made of men made by steel? In the midfield you the elegant and robust Patrick Vieira, well assisted by the slick Ray parlour. Then you get to attack and see the best player with football sense in Dennis bergkamp, playing alongside Anelka, Henry, having overmars, pires,lunberg on the wings common the good all days was fun in arsenal. Long live gunners .
Great clubs great sides great rivalry great season an era. Thank you .
How did Wenger go from producing teams like this to what happened within the last 3-4 years of his tenure? I'm sure its a complex story but this Arsenal team made a treble-winning Utd side look average in the 1st half.
He inherited a very good defense and then forgot to keep refreshing it and didn't have quite the budget needed as they were paying down the Emirates and staying out of debt. Now they need two solid center backs and a good DM and they could be in the thick of it, if UE is up to the task, that is. Jury still out on that.
@@mydancinglife730 Wenger thought football was more than just winning trophies and he became more and more greedy and refused to spend on quality players and not to forget all the lame excuses at every press conference.
@@tayeebhussain5014 Well, I can see how you might choose to look at it that way. I think it much more likely that Wenger understood that the team on the pitch was going to get less money while they built a new stadium to fund greater success in future years. He has said as much in some interviews.
Now, we have to lean on the owner to not take the money and run, but actually put it back into the team and build a European dynasty like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and ManU. As for his press conferences, not everyone can be as forthright as Klopp. UE is so "diplomatic" at press conferences that I can no longer watch him.
I think that Wenger was worn out in his last years and just didn't have the energy needed to keep the team in the top four and challenging for titles, but he wanted to see his project through and hopefully leave with some silverware.
COYG !!!
@@mydancinglife730 The last 3 or 4 years wenger did win F.A cups but that is all the credit he deserves in his last years as a manager of arsenal but one thing is for sure he didnt like the transfer windows lol.
One man... Stan Kroenke
Thanks for uploading
How I wish I could go back to the Sep 20 98
Two assists by Stephen Hughes. He was rarely going to get a chance once Petit and Overmars established themselves in the team and was sold. But he was a very tidy left-footed midfield player.
Very underrated player. I remember his pair in a 2-0 victory over Chelsea, too.
Football used to be so beautiful in every single way. It’s just not quite the same now
Sure real gunners in that time!
highbury stadium 😎
Why does David Beckham do those things lol
Man we don't get defenders like Tony Adams anymore proper proper legend and far too often under rated he's a top 5 centre back ever in the prem surely
Back when Arsenal had really huge personalities. Damn. Vieira is a rolemodel to all upcoming central midfielders. Nobody has ever played that role better at Arsenal.
He left almost 16-17 years ago and we still haven’t come close to replacing him. Gilberto Silva was probably the last person we had who could do some of what Vieira would do.
@@jb.300 wenger never ever wanted this kind of players anymore....replaced him with numbers of midgets in midfield....never worked...and the club let him go on like that for 12 mor years....sheer madness, incompetence high three.
Do you know what Henry says about Vieira, he said i believe that Vieira he can play a lone in the midfield
We were better than United in 99. It still hurts that we didn’t have the medals to show for it.
United were better... The table doesn't lie.
@Bakaene Mukuru
Yeah so much better that you were eliminated in the first round of the European competition you were in for the 3rd out of 4 seasons in a row 1996/97 to 1999/00 whilst ManUtd competed strongly in the CL every year and in 1998/99 won it in invincible style and won FAcup with the hardest route any winner has ever had and top scorers by far in both PL & CL.
If Arsenal were better than ManUtd in 1998/99 then Jesus ManUtd were on another planet compared to Arsenal in 1997/98. Arsenal were FAR luckier that year! Even just talking about PL alone & forgetting the effect a European season can have on a team's title race.
ManUtd were better in the PL both seasons and didn't rely on luck or Arsenal key injuries to win 98/99 where as Arsenal DID rely on luck & many key absences for ManUtd to nick 97/98.
Both seasons ManUtd scored a lot more PL goals. Both seasons ManUtd had better GD.
ManUtd were PL top scorers for 7 straight seasons 1995/96 to 2000/01.
Again your talking absolute crap
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Vieira what a beauty !!!
You got the season wrong lol
Commentator was brilliant
Arsenal should come back to these form and we can watch live games of such magnitude
what a master class from viera
What ever happenned to stephen hughes. Cracking delivery
according to wiki he is a pundit for arsenal player now
Always liked him. Seemed to contribute a lot to games he played in. Had a great shot too
@@fiachra4266 yh. Then just vanished from the squad. I was really young and there was no internet but I dont remember seeing him a few years later
First team to beat Man U three straight times. Wow
With modern style of training and advanced fitness facilities available, this Arsenal team would have been as dangerous as Pep's Barcelona.
At 20:00 when you are at your best to STOP BERGKAMP
Nicolas Anelka was top class for his age
how nostalgic this match...i'm remember crying after the match cause united loss...#UNITEDTILLDIE
Wenger inherited talented players and together they became great.... Players that were not replaced from this match prspkt Tony Adam's, Patrick veira, Dennis Bergkamp, Martin Kewon.
These things happened against Mourinho and fans acted as if it was all new. It's amazing how the following season United went on to win the treble. Great things take time, patience and belief
😭😭😭😭😭 I watched Arsenal which was very extraordinary that year, until now I am over 30 and at this time I am very disappointed what happened to my arsenal
Don't worry, a new era is beginning,
22:22. Beckham giving the ball away for the third goal. lol.
Schmeichel shouldn't have come out so far but this ended up being a treble winning season for Man Utd
Veira giving the ball away to Giggs to gift Man United the Treble 7 months later was even a better sight 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@eric stewart
Or how about the linesman's only job to put the flag up when it's offside....
When you look at the disallowed goal Keane scored later that season vs Arsenal in the FAcup it's even more of a piss-take.
And don't get me started on the Thierry Henry offside brace etc...
@@cddb5408 No one cares. Football is sad anyway
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Jaap Stam was made to look average by Anelka and he was one of the best cb’s the Premier League has ever seen.
anelka used to bully stam
In the 1 season they played against eachother....and Stam won more with ManUtd in that season than Anelka ever won with Arsenal.
Good times before footballers become popstars
not true they started that soon after best showed the way.not like now tho.
Now they are Arsenal legend
Arsenal need to change their badge back to what it used to be
Will never happen. It could be worse. Look at what Juventus changed their badge to recently! 🤦♂️
38000 at highbury making more noise that full emirates ... what passion!!
I wonder how Seaman undermined Beckham by just catching his efforts.
He didn’t catch the one at villa park 7 months later did he?
@@lordsummerisle3139 🤡🤡
this game. bleeding heck i had just spend 7 months studying in the UK, came home, graduated school and watched this game down in DC where i think i had to pay 10$ to get in and watch it! worth every nickel!
Is it me or was Highbury small AF?
@Sal DiMarchese definitely better near to the pitch
Football has gone downhill in the last 20 years
People thik the game has become more technical. More like it has become more soft. People look at 90's early 2000s football as outdated. But these teams will rip through the preimire league today with players like this. Physical ability was through the roof
@@meowth8050 it's become more about being athletic, constant running about etc
@@meowth8050 The modern game looks exactly like how training sessions used to look. It's just...trivial.
@@meowth8050 And if you watch football from1980 the tackles were murder
I blame Guardiola's Barcelona and the Spanish national team for the decline in football. Tika taka ruined the sport as a spectacle.
Arsenal had elegant players whilst united had the referees. Chewing gum man/ referee controller Ferguson and a rugby team.
ye course utd had no talent at all
Naaa none at all animals they where
Sibonelo Mkhize what a stupid comment. Arsenal were absolutely spanked by United fair and square time and time again.
You say that when you've just witnessed yet another Arsenal offside goal vs ManUtd at Highbury allowed to stand. Ljungberg is offside, to go with the offside brace Thierry Henry got in 2002/03.
Even 1997/98 Arsenal are never winning that title if the ref gives the blatant penalty at 2-2 when Winterburn fouled Scholes, they're not winning the title if it finishes 2-2 even.
Roy Keane disallowed goal in 1998/99 FAcup semi-final. Bizarre!!
Adebayor hand of god at OldTrafford
Vieira diving all game and assaulting players in charity shield 1999 wins Arsenal a pen, doesn't get sent off for either his dives or his assaults.
FAcup game 2008 when ManUtd rest Ronaldo yet still thrash Arsenal 4-0 lol....Arsenal get so frustrated they're losing the game of football that they resort to kicking ManUtd for the whole game. Should've had 4 red cards therefore suspensions to key players, only got 1 which was a double red. FA looked at the incidents did F all. Following week Eduardo injury vs Birmingham, Wenger has the audacity to say "teams feel in order to stop Arsenal you have to kick Arsenal" 🤔
And of course typical Arsenal they blamed their season's failures on that injury. Always an excuse with Arsenal, losers.
Why is their champions league record so shit??
19 champions league seasons, 2 semi-finals, no titles...very poor.
@@cddb5408 United has divers that seem to fall over in mid air, that penalty they got and missed was a classic, not that good of a team.
Aw good ol days when Man Utd and arsenal dominated English football ( when chelsea and Man City were odinnary clubs
Chelsea had won the CWC and the League cup the previous season and the Supercup against CL winners RM this season while finishing 4 points behind United.
They were not ordinary. Not as big as they are now, sure, but still a big club.
Like from 96/97 to 99/00, they won 2 FA cups, a League cup, a CWC and a Supercup, winning a throphy every season during that period, while also consistently finishing in the top 5.
@@tjmatthew9800 😭😭
I love this commentator 🤣🤣
This was played before I was born
N m watching now....
no matches will exist like those days
I love this channel
i cannot understand why this beautiful side of arsenal didn't win the champions league silverware.