Roy keane and patrick vieira arsenal

I like that, I respect that. He is one of the best midfield players I have come across and possibly the hardest I have played against. Freddie Ljungberg put the hosts ahead at the break, but after the restart Keane cranked his already impressive performance levels up to 11, yielding two priceless goals and one very public, very literal head-to-head with Vieira.

The rivalry ended when Vieira joined Juventus in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sheds new light on Cristiano Ronaldo's Man Utd dressing down The fiery duo have gone in different directions since hanging up their boots with Vieira moving into coaching and Keane working as a full-time pundit for Sky, but both were reunited on Sunday ahead of huge fixtures for Arsenal and Manchester City.

And after Sky shared a playful montage of the duo shadow-boxing in the build-up to the show, Vieira continued the tongue-in-cheek antics by reminding his old rival of the time Arsenal lifted the Premier League title in Manchester United's own backyard.

Roy keane and patrick vieira arsenal

That made it even more special. Related The former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder played alongside some of the greatest players of his era - he named his ultimate 5-a-side team. Posts Vieira Admits Tunnel Incident Was Planned The Frenchman's dislike for Neville led to the incident Appearing on the most recent edition of the Stick to Football podcast, Vieira, who was one of the greatest midfielder's of his generation , explained that he had planned to confront Neville before the game which was what led to tensions boiling over in the Highbury tunnel.

The year-old explained: "That was planned by me. Despite scoring the opening goal, Arsenal found themselves on the receiving end of a defeat thanks to strikes from Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo and a delightful chip from John O'Shea. The final result, a 0—0 draw, turned out to be significant for Arsenal as they went on to finish the league season without a single defeat, something that had only been achieved once before in English football, by Preston North End in — The highlights of the match included the sending-off of Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira for a second bookable offence , for an incident that also brought about a booking for Manchester United centre-forward Ruud van Nistelrooy , and the decision by referee Steve Bennett to award Manchester United a penalty kick in the last minute of the match.

Players from both teams were charged by the Football Association FA for their reactions at the end of the game; five Arsenal players and two Manchester United players were forced to pay fines.