3 min readFeb 3, 2026 04:34 PM IST The Manchester United-Arsenal rivalry has been one of the defining features of the Premier League era, and the protagonists often can’t quit even when their playing days are long over. Another example came forth when United legend Paul Scholes called the current Gunners team boring – despite they sitting atop the Premier League with a six-point cushion with almost two-thirds of the season gone, and also topping the UEFA Champions League first stage winning all their eight fixtures – on the basis of lack of goals from their strikers this season and the number of goals they score from set-pieces. Even if they end their 22-year title drought in the summer, it wouldn’t change Scholes’s mind. ‘If Arsenal win the league, this could be the worst team to win the league,’ Scholes said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast. “If you’re thinking of picking a team of the season and picking the front four, nobody from the Arsenal team gets in that. Look at …