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Rivalries, tactical battles, great clubs converge in anticipated Manchester derby

And to think we used to get excited about whether Wayne Bridge would shake John Terry’s hand.

Saturday’s Manchester derby (7:30 a.m. ET, NBCSN) at Old Trafford might be the most anticipated match in English Premier League history. It's not just a derby, not just a meeting of probably the two best squads in the country, but it's Jose Mourinho against Pep Guardiola–and a little bit of Zlatan Ibrahimovic too.

This is a day when the game of football and the soap opera of football come together, a clash of two great clubs, two great managers and an awful lot of questions.