Wenger overtakes Ferguson to set new Premier League record

Arsenal's victory over Brighton carried Arsene Wenger above old adversary Sir Alex Ferguson and to a Premier League record.

The South Coast side are the 45th top-flight opponent to suffer defeat against Wenger, with the Frenchman having spent over 20 years at the helm in north London.

Nobody can claim to have bettered that record, with even Manchester United's iconic former boss now slipping into the shadow of a man he used to enjoy regular touchline battles with.

Blackburn were Wenger’s first Premier League victims, back in October 1996.

Wenger has not had things all his own way in the years which have followed that success, with protests staged against his reign last season as Arsenal slipped out of the top four.

UCJ, UNILORIN.