How Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson almost threw blows at each other - Lehmann

Former Arenal goalkeeper, Jens Lehmann has recounted an incident at Old Trafford which almost saw Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson throw blows at each other.

Arsenal travelled down to Old Trafford to battle Manchester United in the 2003/2004 season and got a hard-earned point to end the season unbeaten and with the title.

The game would have ended differently had it been Ruud Van Nistelrooy converted a penalty which rattled off the bar in the late minutes.

A brawl ensued between players of both teams which advanced into the tunnel and saw Cesc Fabregas throw a pizza at Ferguson.

Lehmann who was goalkeeper for Arsenal at the time had a good view of the incident.

"I remember after that game I wasn’t looking into the eyes of my teammates, I was looking into the eyes of Arsene,” Lehmann told BeIN Sports.

"He was having Alex Ferguson at a short distance like that [clenches fist].

"He grabbed him and each of them were very angry with each other and almost started to fight with each other.

"It wasn’t about me or the players, it was more about the manager.

"I came in late and I remember that there were two crowds of people confronting each other, and I spilled some of my water onto them, accidentally of course.

"It was funny to watch, I wasn’t involved. You always expect me to be involved but I wasn’t in this situation.

"We were talking (on the Monday at the training ground) but we were waiting for fines to be handed out and of course to United."