LONDON -- It is likely to become very nasty and personal with no punches pulled -- and that is just the war of words between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as the build-up to Sunday's Old Trafford showdown reaches boiling point.

Christopher Davies

If Arsenal avoids defeat it will extend its unbeaten Premiership run to 50 games and Ferguson would rather walk across burning coal than see the team he dislikes most of all reach its record-making half century at United's home.