according to emma barrow of "the daily telegraph", the match is said to have instigated the rivalry between arsenal and manchester united, which continued through the 1990s and 2000s. in later years, winterburn said of the brawl: "it probably caused a lot of the bad blood between the sides that has lasted for years but i was just competitive and desperate to win. does it worry me? not in the slightest. it was just one of those things that happened and is part of the history of the two clubs."