This weekend has all the ingredients for an enthralling feast of football - with all eyes fixed on both the Emirates and Etihad Stadiums.
The title race is beginning to heat up, with Manchester United closing the gap at the top to just three points and Tottenham Hotspur continuing to defy all odds by keeping themselves within touching distance of leaders Manchester City.
And tomorrow, United's title credentials will be put to a stringent test, when their returning legend Paul Scholes could face a familiar foe in the form of Thierry Henry.
While Scholes did well to make a scoring return to the United starting line-up with a goal against Bolton on Saturday, one should not read too much into it. It was against a side second bottom in the Barclays Premier League table.
I really don't expect Arsenal to give the former England international the space and time to make the Emirates Stadium his playground.
Henry and company though, have a point to prove after the Frenchman was involved in an angry exchange of words following their 3-2 defeat to Swansea, when one of the visiting Gunners fans accused the team of lacking 'the heart and the character and the fight'.
Those are the three traits Arsene Wenger would be hoping his side displays against an in-form United outfit still fresh from their impressive 3-0 win over Bolton. But I have said it before and I will say it again - the Gunners will never end their trophy drought should Wenger religiously stick to his inflexible attacking game plan. And if Arsenal fans are pinning their hopes on Henry delivering a winner against United, they could be in for a major disappointment.
The 34-year-old is merely called in as an emergency cover for Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh - both missing due to African Cup of Nations commitments, and not as a messiah for the club.
On a positive note, Wenger's side have been strong at home this season, losing just once so far at the Emirates. Thus I am expecting nothing less than a good old battle between the Gunners and the Red Devils, who should be content leaving with a point.
Hoping for a United slip-up would be none other than Roberto Mancini. His side's title credentials will be put to a tougher test when Spurs travel to the Etihad Stadium hoping to further cut the gap at the top.
Spurs' bid to rub shoulders with the top two has been relentless this season. And just five points off the top of the Barclays Premier League table after 21 games, Harry Redknapp's men are now being seen as title contenders by many.
Not me. Take nothing away from Spurs, who have been fantastic this season. But if they were to land only their third league title, they would need both City and United to make an incredible slip-up in the second-half of the season. I simply cannot see that happening.
Nevertheless, with two sides oozing attacking flair, we could be in for a scintillating encounter at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow. That was serve as a tasty appetiser for the main course that is the clash at the Emirates.
Steve McMahon is a football expert with ESPN's Monday Night Verdict at 8pm