Manchester United boss Ole Gunner Solskjaer is excited ahead of facing Arsenal.

Arsenal's visit to Old Trafford will be Solskjaer's 100th game in charge of United, even though the fixture lacks the intensity of the fierce duels between the two clubs when he was a player.

"Arsenal is always going to be difficult because they are a very good team with a very good manager (Mikel Arteta) who has got some great ideas on how football should be played," he said.

"I'm looking forward to it. I'm surprised it's 100 – it's gone really quickly even though a lot has happened. So let's hope I can celebrate No 100 with a good performance and a good result. I've enjoyed it so far.

"When I played, it was between us and Arsenal to win the league so that was a very fierce rivalry. There are all sorts of stories about what happened – that's the passion, the excitement, the importance of those games.

"We knew if we took six points off them that would be us winning the league more or less and vice versa. There have been some unbelievable games, some fond memories, some bad memories.

"There is still a rivalry and I still the history but now we don't think about them or anyone as our rivals. We just need to put points on the board and it's so early in the season anyway."