The thrilling finale that saw two injury time penalties awarded and converted was enough to raise the temperature on the touchline.
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| Arsene Wenger v Kenny Dalglish Wenger was furious that Liverpool had been awarded a penalty in the 13th minute of stoppage time, leading to an altercation with Dalglish as referee Andre Marriner finally blew his whistle for full-time. TV footage seemed to show Dalglish saying "Piss off" to Wenger, but the pair later shook hands and after the game the Liverpool temporary manager dismissed the row. |
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| Roberto Mancini v David Moyes The spat between the two managers occurred in the late stages of last season's league match at Eastlands. With City trailing 2-0, their Italian manager was eager to get things moving, so when his counterpart held on to the ball a little longer than he should have done, Mancini was incensed. The City manager lurched at Moyes to retrieve it, leading to a fierce exchange of words and red cards for the pair of them. |
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| Arsene Wenger v Alex Ferguson The longest running feud in the Premier League has at times been laid bare for all to see on the touchline, with fierce words clearly exchanged between the pair. The biggest bust up came in October 2004, when United ended Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten run in the league. The pair waited until they got down the tunnel, where earnest discussions took place before pizza and soup were thrown at Sir Alex. |
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| Arsene Wenger v Mark Hughes For such a seemingly mild mannered character as Wenger, he's no stranger to touchline shenanigans. Last season The Professor committed the worst managerial crime of all - the handshake refusal. As traditional as the Royal Family, the unwritten rule is that managers shake hands whatever has transpired on the pitch. Should the teams have brawled their way through the game and the managers exchanged insults of the highest calibre - when the whistle blows, all is forgiven with a simple handshake. But following Arsenal's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, Wenger refused the niceties. The two had been joshing throughout the match, and Wenger decided he'd had enough. He was labelled a bad loser by anyone who cared to voice their opinion but the Frenchman was unrepentant. |
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| Alex Ferguson v Wally Downes A couple of years back Fergie was getting a bit jittery on the Madejski Stadium touchline. With United holding a 1-0 lead over Reading, his team looked in danger of letting it slip - so when the fourth official signalled four-minutes of injury time, Fergie was fuming. And it was Reading's assistant manager Wally Downes who got burnt by the steam emanating from the Scotsman's ears. The two were involved in a fierce exchange before Ferguson, possibly taking into account the size of Downes, directed his frustration at the Reading supporters instead. It was claimed the United manager made a none-too-charming gesture in their direction. Yet after the match Fergie and Downes settled matters over that other tradition, the post match bottle of wine. |
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| Arsene Wenger v Alan Pardew Arsene again... this time against Alan Pardew when the English manager was in charge of West Ham. Pardew celebrated a winning goal from the Hammers rather zealously, which infuriated Wenger. The Frenchman jumped up and pushed his counterpart. And then, worst of all, refused the handshake. Wenger was fined £10,000 by the FA yet Pardew admitted he might have been a little antagonising: "It was nothing personal, I was celebrating the goal. Arsene seemed to have a problem with that, probably rightly." |
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| Arsene Wenger v Martin Jol And to conclude our countdown, it's Arsene Wenger, again. The Arsenal boss just couldn't contain himself when he saw his side go a goal down to arch-rivals Tottenham in 2006. Two Arsenal players were on the deck, but Jol insisted his team play on. They did just that and when Robbie Keane netted for Spurs, Wenger exploded. He stormed over to his Dutch counterpart and the pair went toe-to-toe before they were separated by the officials. |
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