LONDON: There was a time when the verbal sparring between the managers in the run-up to an Arsenal-Manchester United match was conducted with all the ferocity of Roy Keane or Patrick Vieira ploughing into a 50-50 challenge.
But having nurtured one of the fiercest rivalries in sport for over a decade, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger appear to have entered a new phase in their relationship, in which mutual respect for each other's achievements has become the dominant theme.
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