This week’s Monday Night Football offering gave us a look at an all-time classic, but one that in this era is more Poundland than Marks & Spencer.
Manchester United versus Arsenal has always been one of the battles to look out for – think Fergie and Arsene Wenger; Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira; or that Ruud van Nistelrooy penalty incident with Martin Keown.
It’s now a fixture captained by Ashley Young and Granit Xhaka… how times have changed.
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Up in the west Midlands, circumstances have too transformed in a much shorter space of time – Aston Villa have gained a second chance at the top-flight having been absent for the past three seasons.
Players have come and gone this summer in the same way that the fierce rivalry mentioned has over the past two decades.
One of Villa’s promotion winners played in the fixture on Monday night as Axel Tuanzebe lined up for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men at left-back due to several players being on the injury table.
His appearance and resulting performance has sparked a reaction from numerous fans in B6.
One supporter claimed that 21-year-old is a future England centre-back while a further member of the Villa Park faithful suggested that he was the best player on the pitch.
Another fan also said he missed the defender as much as Tammy Abraham with one more stating he felt like a proud father watching their former man in action.
Here’s the best of the reaction:
