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Liam Corless

Dimitar Berbatov identifies two Arsenal danger men ahead of Manchester United clash

Dimitar Berbatov has identified a couple of big-money strikers as the two players Manchester United should be most wary of when Arsenal visit Old Trafford on Monday.

United go into the game in eighth position having collected eight points from their opening six games of the season, while Arsenal are fourth with 11 points.

In Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsenal have one of the Premier League's deadliest marksmen - and Berbatov is wary of the threat he and Gunners new boy Nicolas Pepe will pose to United.

"I am worried about the front players of Arsenal, especially Aubameyang - he is phenomenal," Berbatov told Betfair. "I like Pepe as well, he is so unorthodox, he's really fast, he can go one-on-one and challenge defenders. On this part of the pitch Arsenal are so dangerous, they can kill you with their speed so United need to be careful of that and don't lose any space to them.

"The Arsenal defence isn't in the best shape of their lives so the Man United strikers have a good chance to hurt them as well. Both teams have big strengths and weaknesses, they will both be looking to exploit each other. United will have some advantage of playing at Old Trafford, but when the results haven't been going for you, you know the fans will be a little impatient, you can think too much about it, make mistakes and it becomes a difficult situation.

"Sometimes when I have watched them I have noticed that United have been too soft against the opposition, they need to be tough in their challenges, show them who's in charge and let them know that this is f*****g Old Trafford."

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