Gary Neville says that Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson used to get worked up by the way Arsenal greats Thierry Henry and Robert Pires played football.
Battles between United and Arsenal - and by extension, Ferguson and Arsene Wenger - were a staple of the Premier League in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the rivalry often determining who would end up as English football's top dogs.
And Ferguson used to implore his players not to allow Henry and Pires to do what they wanted on the pitch. "Sir Alex always felt that players like Thierry Henry and Robert Pires had an air about them that they couldn’t be tackled," Neville told Sky Sports. "He said he didn’t see players getting around them or tackling them.
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