, Arsenal and Manchester United drew 1-1 on Sunday and while the match was lively enough, something was missing.This wasn’t the Battle of Old Trafford, or the Battle of the Buffet, or even a battle for a top-two spot in the table. When the final whistle blew, the Red Devils were happy to be back in the Champions League playoffs. Arsenal, meanwhile, all but guaranteed it won’t finish fourth for the seventh time in 10 seasons.
This is what it’s come to for the English giants. You don’t have the teams throwing pizza at each other in the tunnel. You don’t have Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger locked in a war of words. You don’t have the entire Arsenal defense crowding and
