Sir Alex Ferguson is backing old adversary Arsene Wenger to put the skids under Liverpool's title challenge this week.
The Manchester United boss hopes Arsenal will help silence arch enemy Rafael Benitez with a win at Anfield on Tuesday.
Fergie was once locked in the same bitter rivalry with Wenger that he now shares with Benitez. But he never felt the same anger towards the Gunners boss and admits he has a healthy respect for the Frenchman.
Sir Alex said: "There is a respect there despite the past. There have been confrontations and that was down to the personalities.
"There was some right old players involved - Vieira, Keane. It went back to McClair and Winterburn and then the penalty kick where they threw the mud at the ball.
"I think Arsene was reluctant to accept his own team's discipline issues but now he does."
The Manchester United boss hopes Arsenal will help silence arch enemy Rafael Benitez with a win at Anfield on Tuesday.
Fergie was once locked in the same bitter rivalry with Wenger that he now shares with Benitez. But he never felt the same anger towards the Gunners boss and admits he has a healthy respect for the Frenchman.
Sir Alex said: "There is a respect there despite the past. There have been confrontations and that was down to the personalities.
"There was some right old players involved - Vieira, Keane. It went back to McClair and Winterburn and then the penalty kick where they threw the mud at the ball.
"I think Arsene was reluctant to accept his own team's discipline issues but now he does."
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