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Published 22:07 10 Apr 2017 BST
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But we'll tell you one thing... Sam Allardyce is doing his damn best to recreate something similar in south-east London.
Monday night saw Crystal Palace completely outclass an unprepared Arsenal side by a surprising scoreline of 3-0.
But it wasn't the expected Allardyce strategy of lumping long balls up to a target man or using overly aggressive defensive tactics.
Arsenal were simply outplayed at Selhurst Park and supporters felt they were witnessing a front line to rival that of the famous MSN.
We saw Wilfried Zaha play the role of the greatest footballer walking the planet.
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And with Andros Townsend performing similar magic on the opposite flank and Christian Benteke holding up play with aplomb, there was only one parallel being drawn on social media.
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