Former Arsenal star Robert Pires says Gary Neville always had the upper hand on him during battles against Manchester United as he knew how to get under his skin.
Neville and the United side of the 1990s and 2000s were involved in some illustrious battles between Pires's Arsenal side, as the two challenged for Premier League title year after year.
Often deployed as a left-winger Pires had a job on his hands to navigate past right-back Neville, made further difficult by the latter's mind games despite a language barrier. ''My friend Gary Neville, psychologically, he was always on top of me.
He would talk to me all the time, he’d insult me all the time. My record against them is catastrophic and I know it,'' began Pires when speaking to The
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