10 - ARSENE MAKES A STAND
United 2 Arsenal 1 In a nutshell: Scholarly Frenchman turns chastised schoolboy. What went down? It seemed that United’s 2-1 win had exceeded its slapstick quotient with Abou Diaby’s emphatic own goal at the Stretford End, until one last
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dose of farce. When then-Arsenal striker Robin van Persie’s 96th-minute leveller was correctly disallowed for offside, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger kicked a water bottle in frustration and was ordered from the dugout by referee Mike Dean. Instead of leaving, he climbed on to the space between the dugouts and – despite knowing where to go – stood shrugging at his censors, thrilling Old Trafford and its assembled army of photographers.