Arsenal vs Manyoo

It's that time of the year again! Nope, not bonuses. Neither taxes. Nor Christmas! It's the unveiling of the rivalry of greatest animosity, or so it seems, in the English Premier League.

Arsenal vs Man United => Gunners vs Red Devils.

The Gunners haven't impressed in the past few weeks. They barely sneaked past a lesser team in Wolverhampton, their star strikers are in terrible form and they seem to have been relinquished of their surging momentum at the start of the 2004/05 season. Perhaps it's the overwhelming pressure extolled upon them by Chelsea at the top of the table at 10 pts clear?

The Red Devils are in better form of late, but they still seem vulnerable in midfield with all the oldies. Ruud van Nistelrooy the big swine is not set to return for this match, so their only clinical, lethal weapon up front is Rooney.

Anyway, I don't think the result of this game makes much difference to the fate of the league championship. If God favors Chelsea this year, what can these red-jerseyed teams do? Mourinho has publicly said that he fears no one but God (not even Sir Alex Ferguson's volleys of psychological attacks), but God loves him enough to grant his team so many clean sheet victories. Well, perhaps money does make the world go round?