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| Roy Keane equalises for Manchester United |
The final part of the Arsenal-Manchester United trilogy, the 'Return of the King' if you will.
Much like the Gunners and United were sharing all the trophies between themselves in this period, now they were sharing the Unofficial Championship as well.
Arsenal-United games were always hotly contested at this time (particularly the Highbury encounters) and this was no different.
Both teams had good chances to take the lead but on forty minutes it was Arsenal who took first blood. Nwankwo Kanu linked up with Dennis Bergkamp, who set Freddie Ljungberg free in the box to give the Gunners the lead.
United levelled things up 13 minutes after half-time. Captain Roy Keane played a one-two with Andy (sorry, Andrew) Cole before scoring with a finish not too dissimilar from Ljungberg's.
From that point, the game went back and forth with chances for both sides, Keane and Patrick Vieira argued with each other, players needed to be pulled apart. As was standard in these fixtures.
The game seemed to be heading for a draw until two minutes from time. Ryan Giggs saw his effort blocked but it deflected into the path of Keane who scored to win the game and a fifth Unofficial Championship for Manchester United.
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