th minute but it was too little too late. That evening on Match of the Day Hansen questioned why United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had not bought more players to improve upon his young team, reeling off the sensational line: “You can’t win anything with kids.” Those ‘kids’ were Gary Neville (20), Phil Neville (18), Beckham (20), Paul Scholes (20), Nicky Butt (20) and Ryan Giggs (21).
They won the league that season and the FA Cup, before going on to win countless other trophies in United’s golden era. Who’d want to be a pundit…?Reigning champions Chelsea kicked off their title defence in the worst possible way at Stamford Bridge as they suffered a shock loss at the hands of Burnley, who were tipped for relegation by many.
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