Hello and welcome to our LIVE commentary of this titanic battle between old foes Arsenal and Manchester United from the Emirates Stadium. Can Arsenal get over their Champions League heartache? Will Louis van Gaal’s men continue their improvement to return to the top of the Premier League?

The United boss is pleased with the set-up he has established at M16.

Juan Mata has been key to United's resurgence. What role will he have in attempting to unlock the Gunners this afternoon? We take a look...

Wenger reserved special praise for United's Dutch supremo.

"At the moment it is tight and difficult to say who will dominate the championship. You can’t come to a conclusion yet. The experience Van Gaal has in his career, it is no surprise Manchester United are doing well."

Van Gaal is wary of a wounded animal.

"We are happy but I think Arsenal can come back from a defeat. They have shown that a lot of times. Arsenal are technically and tactically the best team in the league. Nevertheless, they haven't won so much, so you have to look for that improvement with that team."

Let's hope that today produces something similar to the electricity these two have created over the years. There was Thierry Henry's majesty in 2000, the famous Ruud van Nistelrooy penalty miss in 2003, the "Battle of the Buffet" which followed United's tempestuous 2-0 victory over Arsenal a year later, the 8-2 hammering of the hapless Gunners in 2011 - this fixture has had it all!

Fans come together.

Traditionally, United have enjoyed this fixture. Arsenal have won just one of their last 13 Premier League fixtures against United (D4 L8). The 20-time top flight champions are also unbeaten in four away games against the Gunners – they’ve never gone five without a loss away to the Gunners in the Premier League era.

The headline team news for Arsenal is that Petr Cech returns in goal after David Ospina was the surprise selection in midweek against Olympiakos. Whatever you do, don't ask Arsene about it!

Theo Walcott is preferred to Olivier Giroud in attack.

No surprises in the United line-up.

TEAMS: ARSENAL: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez; Walcott… Subs: Debuchy, Gibbs, Giroud, Ospina, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chambers, Campbell. /// MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Rooney, Memphis, Martial… Subs: Romero, Jones, McNair, Schneiderlin, Valencia, Fellaini, Wilson.

The teams are in…