Classic Match - ‘02 Man Utd vs Aston Villa
When United played Aston Villa in the 3rd round of the FA Cup in 2002, it was thought that, despite being an all Premiership tie, United should win on the night.
Going down a single goal in the second half is bad enough but United would aim to recover from this. When an own goal by Phil Neville went in soon after in the 54th minute, the impact of two sudden goals at that stage of the game would probably see most teams buckle.
But Manchester United came back and kept trying - a 77th minute goal by Ole Solskjaer gave United hope or a draw perhaps? Only three minutes later, United scored with a sublime chest by van Nistelrooy comverted into a thundering header! The place went mad.
Only two minutes later in the 80th minute, Ruud found himself one on one with our old keeper Schmikes and took it around him with ease to score the third.
What happened next every fan could predict and there was a mini pitch invasion as travelling United fans could not suppress their emotions and took to the pitch engulfing van Nistelrooy, maybe a hundred of them!
What a classic United match!
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