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How a celebration led to Manchester United ace Andy Cole making one player's life 'a misery'

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Sometimes in football there is no need for a team talk to fire up the players. Occasionally the other team have already done the job for you and that was the case for Sir Alex Ferguson on this day 28 years ago.

United opened their March schedule with a home game against Ipswich Town, with the Reds three points behind league leaders Blackburn Rovers and without talisman Eric Cantona, who was five weeks into a lengthy ban for attacking a Crystal Palace fan at Selhurst Park.

They left M16 with a record-breaking 9-0 win under their belts - their biggest league win in 103 years and still the joint-biggest winning margin in Premier League history.

Andy Cole scored five and remains one of just a few Premier League players to do so. READ MORE: Two United players set to return vs Liverpool In hindsight, a dominant performance from Ferguson's side was on the cards.

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