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  • you're watching MNF retro and we have just seen Manchester United beat Arsenal 61 in February 2001 as they went on to win their third successive Premier League title.

  • We're getting loads of your tweets, it seeming Thank you so much for those.

  • Glad to see that we are bringing a little bit of light amidst all the darkness around right now.

  • Hashtag mnf retro If you wanna have your say as well, Iowa Lobby has said this.

  • What did Dwight York have for breakfast that day?

  • He was magnificent.

  • Gary, tell us.

  • Yeah, I think.

  • Obviously we saw the arsenal centerbacks obviously worked their strongest power when you think that where they've bean in the previous years to that with obviously Adam's emboldened, then Martin Key own and obviously to come after that was sold Campbell and call out or a Grimandi and stepping off that there.

  • You obviously were good third and fourth centerbacks for Arsenal, but when they were both playing together Old Trafford in the form that we were in your Yorkie, we had great center forwards and, you know, whoever they were playing against would be difficult.

  • But obviously they exploited everything that went wrong for Arsenal that day.

  • It was just a case that you know, Dwight York.

  • He was unbelievable player, really, because it could do all things.

  • He could score goals.

  • He could sell, play it could running behind.

  • He could dribble.

  • E.

  • Could officer bring other people into play with the all around center forward?

  • They always transpired that whoever the four center forwards we had, whichever of the two of the four were on the pitch.

  • They could all play with each other.

  • So it didn't really matter whether it was York and Coal or York and Soul Shire or York and sharing them or sharing them.

  • And Cole, they all are good combinations with each other in your key was just, Ah, your brilliant player, Tom Rennes asked This.

  • Gary, you've always said that Skulls was the best player played with, but what was the best strike partnership that you played with?

  • You mentioned At that time, United had a pic of four top quality players.

  • It's interesting because when I first came into the team, it was counting on huge and then obviously that period we had York, Yorkie and Coley and Teddy and only obviously as well a strike partners that it went into rude, who played sometimes your skulls in sometimes with one of the love that I just mentioned.

  • And then it went into No way Rooney and Carlos Tevez.

  • You were absolutely sensational as well.

  • I probably think York and Cold just for that trouble season where they were just absolutely sensational, that the way which we played together, he just lit up the whole league, let of Europe.

  • But always remember game that we played in the Champions League group stages in Barcelona, where both of them played together and I've never seen anything like it.

  • We could see the three goals I was sent back.

  • What we scored three.

  • Andi was that Those two that night were absolutely brilliant.

  • I probably I probably say those two and Jamie who were the most difficult to play against, would you say of those four?

  • I always felt Andy calls most difficult to play again.

  • Something to bite your best player Sometimes when you when you answer that, people, because I saved your with the best of playing out.

  • I'm watching much.

  • Is she?

  • Actually, I think it was, you know, born straight camp in terms of what caused me a problem, like your results in front of me.

  • And the hope is always looking to go in behind that.

  • They always give you the problem.

  • You could never sort of relax.

  • We did in the game.

  • When you double the partnerships, there they are.

  • And it wasn't a brilliant partnership.

  • Those two.

  • I remember we played you really on in that season, I think, or what might be the season before.

  • And it almost handy call was gonna gonna move on.

  • It's some stage set window at your for almost a couple years before that season bought.

  • Was that the initial idea for them to play?

  • I didn't feel like it was what you think position idea When he brings your King's, I think unexpected tried to climb it and as well, what short and didn't get him across the line.

  • So what, you think wasthe e it's gonna be Dwight York on day another.

  • It's especially when your key signed.

  • It was late on the transfer.

  • It felt it was later on in this office was after the start of the season I remember he felt as though it was gonna be like.

  • It was a surprise.

  • In some ways it just came out of nowhere.

  • Andan officer We knew Dwight Yorke played Aston Villa and use a good player, but you just didn't think that he was the one that was going to community knighted what we didn't realize or I don't think anybody realizes when it comes to us.

  • How good.

  • Iwas.

  • I never realized how good he was when he played at Villa and he was a good player, but not to the level sometimes that you surprised by when he gets into your team and I don't know what the plan was because I don't think they really hit it off to start within memory.

  • I think it took maybe, like 10 or 15 games for them to get together and all of a sudden, less the sticks in my mind.

  • Lester Away stick, to my mind is a league game where they both played together and something just happened that day.

  • And I think it's that socialising together start getting on with each other off the pitch was like a respect between each other.

  • I don't know that the thing was about those two.

  • They didn't mind which of them scored, and that's quite unique.

  • Sometimes when you've got like a gold score, like holy off, they say rude on this throne.

  • Michael Owen.

  • It's always this sort of the goal scorer needs to score for, for them to be happy.

  • But actually, I think with Colin Yorke, it got to the point whereby they didn't care if either in school they're both up with each other.

  • I want to bring in another person who scored in that game.

  • Roy Keane, now writing actually school and then he calls that season.

  • That was one of two very good evening to you, Roy.

  • I want to ask you, Do you feel like you should have scored more goals for Manchester United?

  • No.

  • Absolutely no.

  • Why not?

  • I wasn't my job to make sure we want losing ins and trying to win league title Score plenty early.

  • My curse.

  • I thought.

  • Listen, I've done that better.

  • The game.

  • I'll just focus on, sit in front of the back four and dictating the game.

  • So No, I think you've been hard to me.

  • They're training, but I just thought Listen, I'd leave that to the strikers and people like schools.

  • Giggsy and back to our seats were quite keen to get forward.

  • So you couldn't have everyone just get in the box.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • I love that Love that.

  • Roy.

  • Nice to have you with us this evening.

  • It seems the strikers that we're talking about their you've expressed the maturation, your admiration on this program before our programs about some of those players.

  • But if you had to pick two from that Manchester United era, who would it be?

  • Oh, listen, I don't don't like these conversations are really doing that.

  • Think it's really unfair.

  • I think we were very lucky with four around that time off his dimension.

  • You saw your career.

  • Obviously, Cooley see all the teddy very, very boxy, brilliant players on dhe.

  • I always try and make the point that you kind of remind people were very, very good.

  • Light is underdressed.

  • Room would like to be in the dressing room with obviously way.

  • All talk about strike is being pretty selfish with that which have to be.

  • But I found all that much to be decent, large, really, always looked at the bigger picture off.

  • Do we?

  • They have to buy their time l see the manager was chopping and changing would change them every now and again, obviously proud to the squad rotation.

  • Which kind of we were probably one of the first club to really introduce that for all the competitions and walked because the players made a walked.

  • There were decent professionals when he got the opportunity.

  • They don't have done the business.

  • We saw their lofty teddy coming on.

  • It's going a goal and Ali and your queries.

  • I'm fired up enough particular game.

  • So brilliant players, but just as important of always said about particularly time of United with a brilliant dressed in a really, really good dress room and come back again today.

  • Remember what great characters we had women's chats important.

  • We were chatting in the break, Roy with Gary and Jamie about that season.

  • And, of course, it was the third successive title that you'd won.

  • And Gary actually said that in some ways it was it was an easy title to win.

  • Would you go along with that?

  • No.

  • Well, believe it or not, I'm gonna disagree with Gary, which I like to do.

  • I I don't fall for that at all.

  • Honestly, I don't have never throughout my career and never felt anything was easy.

  • Yeah, we made it look easy at the end, but because we walked so out, we won't really hard.

  • And even there when people were saying You're 10 of 13 point clear and you feel that the league is one.

  • I never felt that way.

  • I never did.

  • And I was just in my makeup and I wish I was a bit more relaxed regard and when we were so frankly at that particular time.

  • But I felt I couldn't relax.

  • And if I'd known Gary was Sean, relax, I might have had a Gordon.

  • No, I I never could think that way.

  • Honestly, I've always been That was always my mind set on DDE.

  • Never kind of happy, Really.

  • Clearly that was a bad day at the Office for Arsenal Roy and we've talked about some reasons, potentially why that might have bean.

  • But how much did you have a real way drove each other improve the way we want, punishing the team who aren't quite at it.

  • But you fact, we drove each other on and big players, big personalities, not a rivalry, and it was fantastic.

  • I do not see anything like it known the partnership, you know, I really don't.

  • I think it was.

  • I probably used awarded a lot of hatred towards each other.

  • But that was you know, when you retire, you're looking back 20 years ago.

  • It's more respect afterwards when we looked back, but at the time he just had to be driven to try and beat Dees.

  • And But we also know that way.

  • Got asked on that good dead with still use respect towards him.

  • Of course.

  • Listen, we're in a really dark time at the moment.

  • The whole the whole nation, the whole the whole world is going through a dark time.

  • What would it have been like for Roy Keane?

  • The footballer?

  • Do you think being told you can't play football for month?

  • Three.

  • Madia.

  • Listen, It's obviously very difficult for anyone.

  • We actually live in a bubble particular in your player.

  • You just your world revolves around football.

  • Stop the train in preparation games, which is what you live for.

  • But having said that, I think she promoted the game now a little bit older, a little wiser and listen.

  • We have to look at the bigger picture here on takeoff, he does health advice and make sure everyone's keeping mum looking after themselves on Let football just go on the back burner for a few months and this this will pass.

  • We just have to actually be careful and look after our health and sanity, particularly older people who are struggling out there.

  • So football is must be, love it and we live for it.

  • We breed for it.

  • We just have to wonder back burner for a few months, and hopefully this will pass pass for the next few months when we get back watching the game and love and again.

  • But I I'm sure nobody struggled when I was a player off.

  • You're missing the dread?

  • Dreadfully no, but after that, you're on the outside looking in.

  • But it must be difficult for players out there, But again, we have to look at the bigger picture.

  • People sell a stake, people are dying.

  • It's a difficult time for everyone.

  • Before people pass on, we get through it Well, said Roy, Great to talk to you this evening.

  • Thanks so much for coming on, and we hope to see you again soon.

  • there's no problem.

  • I'm sure that the boy's lack of those thoughts as well.

  • I think.

  • What what's come through just this this evening, guys, is how many messages people have sent through to MNF retro.

  • How much people have enjoyed just clinging on to something else and watching a bit of football?

  • Yeah, I think that's, um, that use of the day we did that program.

  • I don't think we should shy away from the fact of how important football is in this country and how desperate we all are free to return.

  • But we know that it can't return at this moment in time.

  • It's inconceivable that football's played in the next few months.

  • The more this moment in time, it's important.

  • Obviously, everybody stays home and everybody, you know, stays as healthy as they possibly can.

  • Roy's just hit the nail on the head there that football does pale into insignificance at this moment in time.

  • But we should still think about that day when it returns, because it will be a joyous day where everybody can feel free again and always will value our freedom a lot more.

  • I think after these next few weeks and months.

  • Yeah, well said Thank you very much, Gary.

  • Thank you, Jamie.

  • Fuel time as well.

  • Stay safe, boys.

  • I think the final word should go too.

  • Roy Keane there asked tonight, as someone just reminded me on Twitter Nile if he thought she should have scored more goals for Manchester United.

  • No, My job is to make sure we won games and titles.

  • My captain right there.

  • He says, I hope you've enjoyed MNF retro tonight.

  • Do stay safe.

  • Do stay apart on Dhe.

  • All being well, we will see you again with more football very soon for the time being spike from us.

you're watching MNF retro and we have just seen Manchester United beat Arsenal 61 in February 2001 as they went on to win their third successive Premier League title.

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