 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Musi wa3 Ndira 2000, Arsenal yakatamba neSheffield Wednesday kuHillsborough uye yakaitwa 11 kurova. Zvinhu zviviri zvainetsa Arsenal kwaive kukuvara kwegokora kwaOvermars kwakaitika panguva yemutambo uye kusavapo kwaKanu, uyo akabva kunomiririra nyika yake muAfrican Nations Cup. Arsenal yakanyora 4-1 kukunda Sunderland kuti ienzane nemapoinzi neManchester United iri yechipiri, kunyange hazvo makwikwi aive nemitambo mitatu mumaoko. Chokutanga chakanga chiri kurwisana neArsenal paOld Trafford musi wa 24 January 2000. Wenger akasarudza vatambi vepakati vashanu muchikwata chake chekutanga, sezvo kukuvara kwakadzora sarudzo dzake dzekumberi. Arsenal yakatanga mutambo iri nani pane zvikwata zviviri izvi uye yakatungamira 1-0 mushure memaminitsi gumi nerimwe, mushure mekutamba kwakanaka kwaLjungberg. United sezvo mutambo wakaenderera mberi wakataridzika utsva, nemutsivi Teddy Sheringham achienzanisa muhafu yepiri. 