article_snippet: The win at City shows how they are now just as happy hitting teams on the counter as they are keeping possession.
article_snippet: When Arsenal last played Manchester United in the FA Cup, Sir Alex Ferguson’s side won 2-0 in 2011.
article_snippet: MY MEMORIES OF A CLASSIC RIVALRY .
article_snippet: There has always been a great rivalry between these sides, but I never played at Old Trafford with any fear.
article_snippet: I went there as a youngster in 1986 and won with Arsenal and during the Wenger years we had a team that could go and win anywhere.
article_snippet: we were a physical team but we could play, and it was almost a compliment when United tried to match we physicality.
article_snippet: In 1999, Ryan Giggs scored that classic FA Cup goal and it turned the season.
article_snippet: Arsenal could have won the double but United went on to win the treble.
article_snippet: The other game people love to remind me of is the ‘Battle of Old Trafford’ in 2003.