The Premier League returns tomorrow after a fortnight’s break for internationals, and football fans are in for a real treat as Manchester United host Arsenal in the lunchtime kick-off.

Jose Mourinho’s United have struggled in the Portuguese’s first three months in charge, and have picked up just five league wins from their opening 11 matches.

Defeats against Manchester City and Chelsea have called into doubt United’s title credentials, but they’ll go into tomorrow’s game against the Gunners looking to preserve a ten-year unbeaten home league record against Arsene Wenger’s side.

However, Arsenal are one of the form teams in Europe at the moment, having gone 16 games unbeaten in all competitions dating back to their opening weekend defeat at home to Liverpool.

Wenger’s men have won seven of their first 11 Premier League games, and sit six points and two places above United in the table.

With the build-up well underway ahead of Saturday’s encounter, we at Shoot! have looked back at previous meetings between the two sides, and picked one match that will be well received by the Arsenal faithful – their 4-0 win over United back in 2001.

So, here is where that Arsenal XI which produced that excellent result are now…

Richard Wright

Richard Wright spent six successful years at Ipswich before making a £2 million move to Arsenal in 2001, as Wenger looked for a long-term number one for when David Seaman retired.

Wright signed a five-year contract at Highbury, but lasted just one season after being restricted to just 22 appearances in the 2001/02 campaign, only 12 of which were in the Premier League.

Spells at Everton, West Ham, Southampton, Ipswich, Sheffield United, and Manchester City followed, but he never really nailed down the number one spot at any of those clubs apart from in the occasional season, and he retired from the game last year.

Gilles Grimandi

Defender Gilles Grimandi was in his final season at Arsenal when he played in their 4-0 win over United in the League Cup.

The versatile Frenchman signed at Highbury in 1997 and won two domestic doubles in his time in North London, the last of which coming in the 2001/02 campaign.

Grimandi made 113 appearances for the Gunners before leaving for the MLS in 2003 and, after having retired from the game that year, he is now the Arsenal chief scout in his homeland.

Igors Stepanovs

Latvian international Igors Stepanovs was drafted to Arsenal following the injury to Tony Adams in 2000, and spent four years at Highbury before moving to Grasshopper.

The defender made just 31 appearances in his time with the Gunners, 17 of which were in the league, but he remained an integral member of the Latvia team throughout his time there, and went on the win 100 caps for his country.

Unsuccessful spells at a whole host of clubs followed after he left Grasshopper in 2006, and Stepanovs is now manager of the Latvia Under-17 side.

Stathis Tavlaridis

Stathis Tavlaridis made eight appearances in his three-year stint at Highbury, and all but one of them were in the League Cup.

He signed in North London in 2001 following a four-year spell at Greek side Iraklis, but was never able to break into the first team on a regular basis.

A loan spell at Portsmouth in 2003 signalled the end of his Gunners career, and the Greek international duly left permanently in 2004 when he moved to French side Lille.

The 36-year-old is still playing 12 years after leaving Arsenal, as he currently turns out for Europa League side Panathinaikos.

Oleg Luzhny

Ukraine international Oleg Luzhny spent a decade at Dynamo Kiev before Wenger brought him to Arsenal in 1999.

He was in and out of the Gunners first team throughout his four seasons at Highbury, making 110 appearances for the club, the last of which coming in their 2003 FA Cup win over Southampton.

Luzhny left to join Wolves that summer, but was released after a season at Molineux after they were relegated from the Premier League.

The 48-year-old has embarked on a few managerial adventures since retiring in 2005, most notably being the assistant manager at Dynamo Kiev between 2006 and 2012, and was occasionally named caretaker boss at the Ukrainian outfit.

Ray Parlour

Ray Parlour’s one and only appearance in the 2001/02 League Cup was the 4-0 win over United, as he was an important feature of Wenger’s Premier League team.

The midfielder, nicknamed ‘The Romford Pele’, spent 12 years at Highbury from 1992 to 2004, and was three times a league winner and four times an FA Cup winner.

Parlour, who made ten appearances for England throughout his career, moved to Middlesbrough in 2004, before retiring from playing in 2007 while at Hull City.

The 43-year-old is now regularly seen on TV as a pundit, and is also heard on the radio during talkSPORT and BBC Radio 5Live commentaries.

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst

Dutchman Giovanni Van Bronckhorst was embarking on his first season in English football after moving from Rangers in the summer of 2001.

He made 33 appearances in the 2001/02 campaign, although that was interrupted by a knee ligament injury he suffered in February 2002.

That impacted on the following season, where the midfielder played just 30 times in all competitions before moving on loan to Barcelona in 2003, and then making the move permanent in 2004.

The 41-year-old finished his playing career at Feyenoord and is now manager of the Dutch side, helping them to victory over Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United in the Europa League back in December.

Edu

The 2001/02 season was Edu’s first full campaign at Arsenal since arriving at the club in January 2001.

However, he could only make 14 league appearances, eight of which were starts, in that season, but played often in their cup competitions, and scored his first goal for the club in their League Cup win over Grimsby a few weeks after the United game.

The Brazilian, who was capped 15 times by his country, left North London in 2004 having made 127 appearances for Arsenal, and made the move to Valencia.

Edu finished his career where he started it at Corinthians, and is now their director of football.

Jermaine Pennant

His League Cup start against United was one of just five appearances Jermaine Pennant made that season for the Gunners.

His whole Arsenal career promised so much, but delivered so little.

In six years at Highbury the former England Under-21 international played just 26 times, and was allowed out on loan to Watford and Leeds during his time on the books in North London.

Longer spells at Birmingham, Liverpool, and Stoke have been intertwined with the odd temporary move to Portsmouth and Wolves, as well as a year-long stay in Spain with Real Zaragoza for the 2009/10 season.

Pennant rejected a new contract at Championship side Wigan last year, and currently plays his trade in Singapore with Tampines Rovers.

Sylvain Wiltord

Arsenal’s hat-trick hero in the win over United, Sylvain Wiltord was a quality forward who netted 17 times that season for the Gunners, his most prolific campaign at the club.

This included the winning goal as Wenger’s side beat United 1-0 in the Premier League in May, a result which clinched the club their second Premier League title.

In his debut season the season before, the French international netted 15 times, while in the 2002/03 season, he found the net 13 times.

Although he was not a prominent part of the ‘Invincibles’ side of 2003/04, Wiltord still made 12 league appearances in that season, and scored three goals.

Wiltord left Arsenal in 2004 and went on to play for Lyon and Rennes, amongst others, before retiring in June 2012.

He has since been involved with punditry for French television.

Nwankwo Kanu

Arsenal’s other scorer that day, Nwankwo Kanu, went down in Portsmouth folklore in 2010, as his goals in the semi-final and final of the FA Cup clinched the then-struggling Premier League side its second title in the competition.

However, he played a part in Arsenal’s unbeaten season in 2003/04, and left North London in 2004 having scored 44 goals in 197 appearances.

West Brom acquired his services that year, and he spent two seasons at the Hawthorns before moving to Portsmouth in 2006.

The Nigerian international played 87 times for his country, and he is one a select few players to have won the Premier League, the FA Cup, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup, and an Olympic Gold Medal.

In 2015, Kanu opened a modelling agency in Nigeria, just months after undergoing heart surgery for a second time.