In 2016, while covering the League Cup clash between his beloved United and Manchester City, May was initially denied pitchside entry by stewards. A video emerged of the incident, seemingly showing May struggling to explain himself when halted on his way to the side of the pitch.

Blazing sunshine and a busy new marquee serving craft ale behind the Stretford End: Manchester United began in a shiny new world and finished in the gloom of another defeat,” Jamie Jackson writes from Old Trafford.

Arsenal open their Premier League campaign with a crucial 1-0 win at Manchester United, exposing the key differences between the two sides.