Club comparison
Manchester United or Arsenal: which is better?
United won more often. Arsenal 2003/04 went a league season unbeaten. Those are not the same claim.
The call
United as a club; the Invincibles as a league statement
Manchester United remain the larger Premier League institution: more titles in the Ferguson years, a treble, and the habit of winning ugly as well as beautifully.
Arsenal’s unbeaten 2003/04 league season is the cleanest domestic run in the argument. Wenger’s side does not erase United’s trophy case, but it is the version of Arsenal that belongs on the same pitch as 1998/99.
Argument by category
Where each club has the edge
Manchester UnitedHistoryArsenal
More titlesClub caseUnbeaten league
1998/99 treblePrime squad2003/04 Invincibles
Yorke and ColeAttackHenry and Bergkamp
Ferguson yearsLongevityWenger’s first peak
Prime matchup
Manchester United 1998/99 vs Arsenal 2003/04
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Manchester United 1998/99 vs Arsenal 2003/04
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