Players involved in the three defining games for club’s historic achievement recall the emotions and excitement across 10 glorious days
ottenham’s Les Ferdinand worried his goal would hand Arsenal the title. Rob Lee recalls Newcastle “squabbles” going into the FA Cup final. Raimond van der Gouw predicted 2-1 but trailing 1-0 with a few minutes left told Phil Neville that Champions League glory against Bayern Munich in Barcelona would be “difficult now”.
Spurs held the lead for only 18 minutes. United responded via David Beckham’s sweeping equaliser as the home side came at George Graham’s visitors in waves. “We were under relentless pressure,” says Ferdinand. “They had effort after effort after effort – Ian Walker pulled off some good saves and they missed some good chances.”
Ferguson started Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjær in attack at Wembley on 22 May, with Dwight Yorke and Sheringham dropping to the bench, and the Scot suffered a blow after only nine minutes when Roy Keane had to come off due to an ankle injury. According to Lee, United lost “a hard as nails, complete midfielder” in that moment. As Keane was suspended for the Champions League final the following Wednesday, that also meant the Irishman’s participation in United’s treble quest was over.
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