He made 326 appearances under Wenger, before moving to Manchester City in 2009. Town on Wednesday night – yet Neville insists Rooney should start this weekend. However, Wengers genius on Overmars may have come with selling him. Gary and Phil Neville hit Robert Pires with some ferocious tackles in a fiery first-half which yielded no goals. Getty Images27A jubilant Ryan Giggs reels away in celebration after hitting FA Cup semi-final winner. Referee Graham Poll enjoyed being the centre of attention as he calmed the warring pair down. but that shows the regard he was held inRobert PiresTricky, skilful and occasionally moody might be words to describe Robert Pires during his six years at Arsenal (now who does that remind you of in the current Gunners’ ranks). News Group Newspapers Ltd22Another player who was perhaps underrated, Gilberto Silva as strong in th. FURIOUS fans have taken to Twitter to slam Manchester United legend Phil Neville for jumping to the defence of his pal Wayne Rooney. Ian Wright, who had exchanged words with Peter Schmeichel in the earlier fixture at Old Trafford that season, was put through on goal — only to be flagged offside.