article_snippet: United and Arsenal meet again in the FA Cup on Monday in a quarter-final at Old Trafford
article_snippet: but it is impossible that Wayne Rooney and Alexis Sanchez will grip United like Wayne Rooney and Alexis Sanchez predecessors did. '
article_snippet: Alexis Sanchez (left) of Arsenal and Wayne Rooney (right) of United will lock horns on Monday .
article_snippet: Then, as now, Arsenal and United were big clubs in transition.
article_snippet: Arsenal had not won a trophy for eight years, while United were rebuilding after the glory days of George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton.
article_snippet: Denis Law and Bobby Charlton had been relegated to the Second Division five years earlier.
article_snippet: convinced good times were about to return for Denis Law and Bobby Charlton club.
article_snippet: Reflecting now, McIlroy says: 'The Arsenal boys were gone, on The Arsenal boys knees.
article_snippet: Liam Brady (left), Frank Stapleton (centre) and David O'Leary (right) were in Arsenal's winning squad .
article_snippet: The Arsenal players collected bonuses nearly three times The Arsenal players £1,000-a-week wages but for some the long-term rewards turned out to be far greater.
article_snippet: Arsenal's Class of '79 still meet up for reunions at the Emirates and Rice will be at Old Trafford tomorrow with the club's board of directors. '
article_snippet: I still remember the elation,' says the former Arsenal captain. '