Ahead of Monday's big match: Manchester United vs. Arsenal, Man U star Patrice Evra took some time out of his day to make fun of the Gunners.
Arsenal is a point clear of second-place United, which has a game in hand, heading into Monday's match at Old Trafford but Evra has cast doubt on the Gunners' title chances.
"For me, it (Arsenal) is a training center,'' said Evra, speaking on Canal+ Sport show Les Specialistes on Thursday. "I hear them being compared to Barcelona but people in 20 years' time aren't going to remember Arsenal's football.''
The France left back said defending English champion Chelsea, which is a point further back in third, is United's main threat in this campaign.
"Arsenal is a great club which hasn't won anything in five years - that's a crisis,'' Evra added. "Our real rival is Chelsea.
"We can lose against them (Arsenal) but then what is there? There is nothing. There's no trophies, nothing.''
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger shrugged off Evra's comments.
"We do not want to go into any unneeded talking before a game like that,'' he said. "We want to focus on the way we want to play and ignore any provocation before a game.
"We are motivated by the desire to win the game and by the quality of the football we want to play. Personally, I believe if you are a big player you always respect your opponent and that is what we try to do.''
I love stuff like this, there's not nearly enough of it in professional sports these days. Not to sound like your grandfather but sports were always more interesting when guys genuinely hated each other, versus these days were they're all best friends and overpaid mercenaries.
All I know is this makes me even more excited for the game. It only adds to the hype after Ferguson told his home fans not to rip Wenger. I'm sure that'll work out for Sir Alex.
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