Arsenal will hold a guard of honour for Manchester United Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his team will hold a guard of honour for Manchester United's players before Sunday's match at Emirates Stadium. The match is the first United have played since sealing their 20th league title with a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Monday. Wenger said: "I want the traditions of English football to be respected." The match sees the return of former Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, who scored a hat-trick against Villa. Van Persie, 29, scored the opener the last time the two sides met in United's 2-1 victory in November. Man Utd have won nine and lost just one of their last 11 games against Arsenal in all competitions There have been 10 penalties in the Premier League meetings between Arsenal and Man Utd in the Wenger era (eight for United, two for Arsenal); all at Old Trafford and six have been missed Eight of those penalties have come in the last 10 meetings between United and Arsenal at Old Trafford "Van Persie is a massive talent, a world-class player who has fantastic technique and a lot of experience," Wenger said. You always miss a big player. It took us a while because our game went a lot through him but if you look at the number of goals we have scored, it's similar to last season. United gave Arsenal a guard of honour at Highbury in 1991, and honoured champions Chelsea at Old Trafford in 2005. Jose Mourinho's Chelsea returned the gesture two years later. With four games remaining, Arsenal are in a three-way race for the Champions League spots given to the top-four teams, alongside Tottenham and Chelsea. Arsenal are third with 63 points, two ahead of Tottenham, who have a game in hand, in fifth. "We have no room to drop points," Wenger said. This is another vital game for us to get the points we want. We are on a very strong run. We need total desire, commitment and focus to achieve what we want.