I'm a Manchester United legend who hated four Arsenal players - here's why

Ryan Giggs has previously offered an insight into the fiery hostility between Manchester United and Arsenal.

Throughout the late '90s and early 2000s, the Gunners and the Red Devils despised one another. Matches were physical, aggressive, bitter and, at times, violent.

Many fans will always remember Roy Keane arguing with Patrick Vieira in the tunnel before the match even started in the 2004/05 Premier League season. Yet, Keane was not the only player who had a bitter dislike of anybody in an Arsenal shirt.

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Reflecting on those years in a revealing 2019 interview with the Daily Mail, Giggs didn't mince his words. The Welshman said: "I didn't like Arsenal. I didn't like Vieira because he was dirty and got away with murder.

"I didn't like Petit because he had long hair. I didn't like Bergkamp. I didn't like Pires even though when you meet him now he's actually dead nice. I wouldn't even look at them, didn't know them and didn't want to.

"I wouldn't allow myself to rate any of them. Bergkamp? Nah, I told myself he wasn't as good as Eric Cantona. I wasn't really that kind of person. It wasn't really me.

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"But you had to get that in your head, that intense dislike. It was pure motivation. But deep down we knew they were top-drawer and that rivalry was everything to us. Deeper even than Liverpool at that time."

Giggs had many unforgettable moments against the team from north London. However, his most iconic moment in a United shirt was his