'Crazy and incredible' - Inside the Manchester United season Man City desperately want to replicate

03.06.2023 - 08:21 manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Raimond van der Gouw turned to Phil Neville and said: "Well it's going to be very difficult." The pair were sat next to each other on the Manchester United subs bench in the Nou Camp.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side were one down heading into the closing stages of the Champions League final against Bayern Munich. The Dutch goalkeeper, a reliable understudy to Peter Schmeichel during his time at Old Trafford, had been asked by the younger Neville brother for a score prediction before kick off.

He'd gone 2-1. Now, with time ticking down, Neville asked him again. "Then we scored twice in injury time!" said Van der Gouw, speaking to the Manchester Evening News. "It was a theme of that season.

It was crazy, the whole season was crazy. ALSO READ: A glass of wine, £50 boots and Keane's approval - Inside Scholes' shock United return on eve of FA Cup derby "That season we scored a lot of goals in the last part of the game.

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