Early 00s seems a lifetime ago now. I do miss these days with the muddy pitches, standout players, running with the ball, hard tackles etc

@DISTER141

9 ай бұрын

Now it’s all about the money

@AB-sg5wn

8 ай бұрын

​@DISTER141, it's shite now. What a difference 20 or so years makes

@chrisg9615

8 ай бұрын

This sounds like something people would say back then about the 1980s lmao

@AB-sg5wn

8 ай бұрын

@@chrisg9615 You're right they would because it's getting worse.

@JamesEvans-uh7nu

8 ай бұрын

Players come off the pitch nowadays cleaner than before kickoff

Football was alot more interesting sport to watch back then, Now It's too much possession-based, passing ball around waiting for a small error. THis is non stop action

Miss these strong clean tackles, physical plays of classic English football.

@dgmobbdeep

8 ай бұрын

Tell me about it.

I remember this game. We'd drawn a bunch over the Christmas period, not in the best of form. I remember listening to this match on 5live as Murphy got the winner. Great goal.

Is it me or does the atmosphere sound so much better? The sound mix sounds beefier, punchier, plus the warm timbre of a VHS recording.

@NosyFella

8 ай бұрын

It's also just louder in the stadium than it would be these days

@EDFilmsUK

8 ай бұрын

@@NosyFellaFewer day trippers and tourists I’m sure. But the actual audio mix itself sounds better, the commentary especially sounds really punchy.

@NosyFella

8 ай бұрын

@@EDFilmsUK I find older movies have a warmer quality to them both in terms of visual and audio so I get what you mean

@EDFilmsUK

8 ай бұрын

@@NosyFellait’s the analog vs digital effect. It’s why vinyl is still so popular among audiophiles!

2001-02 season was the closest time Manchester United had ended what was called the golden era. The golden era in question was when Manchester United were the dominant force of the English football, having won 7 Premier League titles between 1993 and 2002, including the historic Treble in 1999. Ferguson's decision to retire at the end of the season was seemingly confirmed when the club went a slow start, losing 6 games (including a 3 defeats in row against London clubs in December), locking them in 9th at the end of 2001. However, in spite of this defeat vs Liverpool and Middlesbrough, they bounced back from being 9th to finish 3rd. That place was sealed after they surrendered a seemingly quattrick league title in a row to Sylvain Wiltord's winning goal for Arsenal. They almost qualified automatically to the Champions League group stage if they managed to beat Bayer Leverkusen and won the final against Real Madrid at Ferguson's old hometown, Glasgow. As a result, Ferguson didn't retire until 2013, while Steve McClaren was replaced by Carlos Queiroz as an assistant manager. The club then won another 6 Premier League titles and even won the 3rd Champions League in 2008 with the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo. I think if Ferguson ended his career in 2002, it will be a different story for English football. Liverpool could have won more league titles and possibly, the Champions League. There will be no rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

@FootkerSnookball

8 ай бұрын

You think if ManUtd's level dropped if Ferguson left in 2002 Liverpool might've been a stronger or more consistent PL contender and interestingly you put "possibly" also win ChampionsLeague when they did win that despite not being PL contender but I get what you mean because really that was won because AC Milan underestimated them. ChampionsLeague you used to have to be so much more consistent to get to a CL final. Finish high in the league, be stronger in the group stage, face only hard teams (actual champions) in the knockouts so when it got to the final both finalists respected eachother but 2005 final was a joke really at half-time and if AC Milan had been doing that to a more respected team (which is unlikely because it would've more close in CL finals prior) they wouldn't have allowed their opposition a chance like they did Liverpool to get back in the game to then nick it on penalties. When they changed the CL format again for 03/04 season it did allow for more mediocre teams to win it that would've never won previous formats. Of course there's been some exceptions when some teams have been particularly good but it's still produced a lot of less worthy winners. ManUtd treble winners won the hardest format. By the way 2001/02 ManUtd may have been 9th in Dec 8th 2001 but it must've been not many points seperating many teams as ManUtd were already 1st by Jan 13th 2002 and stayed there for a while before slipping to 2nd then 3rd when they could no longer win the title I didn't feel with Liverpool overtaking ManUtd that was a true reflection but I knew Arsenal would at least be a test for ManUtd the next season which they were but ManUtd reclaimed the title as I always believed they would despite all the hype about Arsenal around that time.

@gegenpress1695

8 ай бұрын

@@FootkerSnookballArsenal literally won the league at Old Trafford in 2002., so the hype was justified at the time.

@FootkerSnookball

8 ай бұрын

@@gegenpress1695 After ManUtd had 3-peated and ManUtd were still way better than Arsenal in Europe. Arsenal only needed a draw in the OldTrafford 0-1 win so all the pressure was on ManUtd and ManUtd had Beckham injured from Deportivo dirty tackles in Quarter-finals unavailable for the rest of the season. Players like QuintonFortune, Blanc and Forlan (when he'd never scored for ManUtd) were in the starting lineup in fact 2 others who weren't good for ManUtd that season were (Barthez & Veron, the latter was better in his 2nd season, so was Barthez better in 2002/03 but that's not saying much because Barthez in multiple competitions was bad in 2001/02). The season would've been very different had ManUtd not allowed there to be a 6-point swing at Highbury Nov2001 when ManUtd were 0-1 up and made 3 defensive errors for Arsenal's goals including 2 absolute calamities from Barthez. Also v.Nistelrooy was only brought on during the 2nd half at OldTrafford vs Arsenal. But anyone can win a game or 2 against a team in the league especially by the odd goal it doesn't necessarily mean you're better than them. Where you win it mathematically whether it means a lot to the team doing it it doesn't really have much relevance. Technically ManUtd effectively won the title the next season 02/03 at Highbury (despite ThierryHenry's offside brace he got away with in a potential title decider??) Arsenal were good enough to win the 01/02 title but I never thought it was anything more than that. ManUtd had beaten them 6-1 only a year earlier as well when Arsenal had their 3rd consecutive trophyless season and ManUtd had won the treble 98/99, followed by 2 seasons in a row won at canter. 2002/03 Arsenal again were out of CL before the quarterfinal. They got Campbell for free in 2001 somehow from Spurs and ManUtd certainly needed to strengthen in defence after 01/02 and did by getting Ferdinand to cancel out Arsenal having Campbell who was as good if not slightly better than Ferdinand at the time due to being a bit more in his prime. I think the amount ManUtd scored in 2001/02, as much as Arsenal were worthy winners didn't make me concerned about ManUtd. Also with Ferguson apart from that little transitional period 03/04 to 05/06 where ManUtd had sold half the ClassOf92 one of which being Beckham & having to wait for Cristiano to get up to standard in 06/07 and had also let Keane go & were having more goalkeeper issues until similar period. Any other time ManUtd lost a PL season there wasn't much in it and the rivals who won always thought they were the new force but I knew it would just make ManUtd come back stronger especially if it was won by the most slender way you can win it which 3 times it was there was literally nothing vs Arsenal 97/98 Chelsea 09/10 & ManCity 11/12 and even vs Blackburn 94/95 despite contrary to the other 3 nothing margin title losses instead of ManUtd being just unlucky to take zero pts in the crucial head-to-heads with the eventual winners which was the only reason ManUtd lost & could've easily won at a canter again had Utd got lucky in those games instead (and you could make a case in all 3 of them that ManUtd were cheated especially Chelsea 09/10 which was a definite) ManUtd's race with Blackburn only finished close because this time ManUtd were lucky in both Blackburn games had a couple of big decisions on ManUtd's side. I think it was more than evened out though by Cantona getting banned for the last 17 games (plus first couple of months of 95/96. I think Suarez doesn't get banned for that long for his racism or bites, I remember CraigBellamy pushed a spectator in the face completely unnecessarily when he was already being taken away by security and Bellamy literally got nothing for it and there's been many other inconsistencies with the FA with ManUtd often being unfavoured).

@FootkerSnookball

8 ай бұрын

@@gegenpress1695 If ManUtd don't need to win that game they may not take the extra risks that may have been the reason Wiltord was able to score but it doesn't just give you an extra 5 title's by winning at a particular ground. It's just the luck of the fixture scheduling. This sort of thing may have been why ManUtd were way more successful because other teams were always hoping their wins had a bigger effect on ManUtd than they did and are over interested in ManUtd and mentally effects them so much. Arsenal never won back-to-back PL's or the CL. I remember Liverpool over exaggerated 1of their wins at OldTrafford 2009 when ManUtd were miles above Liverpool could afford to lose. Played 64 games that season and lost very few of them. Liverpool thought they were better than ManUtd because of that win lol they dud worse than ManUtd in every competition that season and ManUtd won 4 pieces of silverware to Liverpool's none, ManUtd broke records like going most amount of mins without conceding and also ManUtd went a record number of ChampionsLeague games unbeaten in that period which still hasn't been equalled by anyone to this day.

@shaka7594

8 ай бұрын

Liverpool at that stage wasn't in the class of Arsenal or the up and coming mourinho's chelsea, if fergie had of retired, the team was still strong and proved it year after winning the league, i was at this game, north stand tier 2 and remember us dominating the game with liverpool on the counterattacks, great game

I had this Liverpool Reebok Away shirt 20 years ago. Classic Vintage Matches Thanks for uploading

Stevie G that ball to Murphy. Special very special

Brilliant upload on a plane and this is perfect to kill time

Mate, I used to LOVE this, but now watching it back I can honestly say that the level of football today is far better lol

@jzlnz

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree except the position of United is better off than current situation

@alanarmstrong6460

8 ай бұрын

It was a lot more great Individual players back then, more running with the ball and individual brilliance. Today's a lot more tactical and possession based which is more boring

Bloody hell I miss these days proper football played by proper men

@jeffwarfield6125

8 ай бұрын

"My generation was better than the current generation." -Every generation ever

@hasktyynickled618

8 ай бұрын

@@jeffwarfield6125 and what generation is your generation?

@jeffwarfield6125

8 ай бұрын

​@@hasktyynickled618 The self-awareness here seems to be a bit lacking.

Andy Grey and Martin Tyler was Top Tier commentary

@Ramps-rc9iy

23 күн бұрын

No they weren’t especially not Tyler.

I thought this must be one of the best Man Utd line-ups ever. Then I thought Ronaldo & Rooney, Schmeicel, Cole, Yorke, Sherringham, Solskaer... the list goes on. But Van Nistelruy was the best striker for me

"Bearing in mind this is Manchester Utd we're talking about"- Danny Murphy

Didn't realise how much the game would change for the worst back then. We all took it for granted.

Excellent assist !

Anybody who doesn’t think the current city team wouldn’t absolutely wipe the floor with this utd team is delusional.

@lyudmilabakalinskaya8905

8 ай бұрын

No way. This man utd would beat current city 2 - 1

@billymabum3514

8 ай бұрын

@@lyudmilabakalinskaya8905 you’re mental . They couldn’t string 5 passes together

@bobobahia

7 ай бұрын

@@billymabum3514 two totally different eras so you can't really compare. Different quality pitches, heavier ball, heavier boots, much more lenient refs allowing flying tackles, a totally different ethos. Go back twenty years before this game and it's a completely different game again. What I will say in defence of United from this period is this: they practically beat everyone before them, and this was an era with some of the greatest players of any era, both domestically and on the continent.

@kwylde1978

27 күн бұрын

@@bobobahia Yeap, that's the case regarding every football comparison between teams and players from different times. 22 years is a huge gap and many things changed during this period. Man United and Arsenal had their prime eras back then and now it's mainly Man City and Liverpool. Hypothetically we can make a lot of comparisons but nothing can be proven. A possible comparison could had been stated if the current Man City played in Premier League in the 90s and early 00s or if Arsenal and Man United in those times, having been in their prime, played in the current Premier League

This is much faster paced football than todays slow, tippy tappy, possession for possessions sake football. You had to have razor sharp technique to play in this game with balls fired in at you from all angles and you needed a robustness that a lot if players seemingly don’t have these days. Throw in the ridiculous concept of VAR - trying to measure an exact science through a subjective lens - and it’s clear todays game needs to re-learn a few things from football during these years.

Both of these teams got dumped by Leverkusen some weeks later. 😂

Is that offside?

Queia tanto umas camias desss times agora tenho do Liverpool hehe time forte

Becks Keane Gerrard etc on the same pitch I wonder why Sky did away with player cam?

High class pass Steven G.👍👍👍✌✌✌🏅🏅🏅🍻🍻🍻

Old Traffords atmosphere now doesn't even reach quarter of the volume it used to

The long ball era, so boring I can't watch full match of this even though it's Man Utd vs Liverpool 😅

Gary and Jamie in the tunnel

the size of those pants is mad. looks like a kilt almost

United must have been sick to the back tooth of Murphy!

Can you post the Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal from this same season?

@csenterprises9632

2 жыл бұрын

Of course not! You know that you are talking to passionate Liverpool fan here. #ArseneFC

@joshuarobertson1757

8 ай бұрын

​@@csenterprises9632haha

@MarkSmith-er7fe

7 ай бұрын

@@csenterprises9632 put utd v loserpool 1999 fa cup

@csenterprises9632

7 ай бұрын

@@MarkSmith-er7fe There's absolutely no way in hell I'll do that one either.

Riise ❤

Take a bow son

Steven G hating united his early days was fun

Młody Dudek :d

football is much more technical nowadays - this looks old old

Kickoff 2:34

Not sure atmospheres these days are as good?

Second half 56:04

Lovely from Liverpool. So stick it up your you know what's mu

Jesus christ the atmosphere at old Trafford before it was considerably filled with worldwide commercial fans and miserable fans at how bad the teams been in recent years

Gerrard ❤

01:35:15 G O A L

Utd were on an incredible run but Danny did it again and again at the end. It was a rubbish match overall.

Ah yes. Back when the FA were scared of Alex ferguson and the refs gave utd every single decision they could. Away teams got nothing at old Trafford due to the corruption of the league.

@maniackolder

8 ай бұрын

As an Arsenal fan I concur with this statement

@joecurran2811

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree.

@patphansomboon2148

8 ай бұрын

agree

@juliandicks6822

2 ай бұрын

​@@maniackolderyou won the league there in 2002

The players are more skilled

please man united 1 v 0 liverpool pl 2005/06

@csenterprises9632

2 жыл бұрын

At the moment, no. That's not really my money's worth spending on Liverpool defeats in which I don't take great pleasure in doing it. Even though Liverpool were close to win the match but that doesn't inspire me to at least BUY that match.

@MarkSmith-er7fe

7 ай бұрын

@@csenterprises9632 put 1977 fa cup final on

I thought people pretend there used to be Fergie time in that era? Home game vs Liverpool, less than 2mins stoppage-time played at 0-1 to the opposition at OldTrafford?? And the game people bring up the most on the subject of 'Fergie time' was ManUtd 4-3 ManCity Sep2009 when there was a 3rd ManCity goal celebration that went well into stoppage-time plus stoppage-time substitutions etc...and they justified it straightaway when adding it all up that the amount of time ontop of the original minimum that was put up on the board was correct yet people still complained about it. Plus Martin Atkinson refereed that game and he hates ManUtd (& Spurs) he loved Chelsea so much he only stopped favouring them when Abramovic quit Chelsea because Atkinson also funnily enough retired at the same time and he has given special treatment to Arsenal also when they were ManUtd's closest trophy rivals.

Ferguson even complained that Dudek the Liverpool keeper kept handling the ball to waste time,what a miserable git he was a disgrace to the game. 14>1 Amen.

@MarkSmith-er7fe

7 ай бұрын

disgrace? get f---d ysb

1:35:20

Liverpool were so crap this era. Even though they won here, they literally parked the bus in both games at OT in 2001 and 2002. Horrible to watch

@jerrykelleher9017

6 күн бұрын

@@5eurocups2005 lol

Liverpool should have won 4-0, 2 penalties denied as well.6>1 Amen.

@MarkSmith-er7fe

7 ай бұрын

20-19

@zzzaaa0990

7 ай бұрын

@@MarkSmith-er7fe 14>1 dude. Amen

Wow the quality of football is awful

@alanarmstrong6460

8 ай бұрын

So many bad passes and just random boots up the field

@joshuarobertson1757

8 ай бұрын

Are you being sarcastic?

@Eizengoldt

8 ай бұрын

@@joshuarobertson1757 no, dead serious. This football makes my eyes bleed

@MarkSmith-er7fe

7 ай бұрын

@@Eizengoldt good x

@andrewwright4195

3 ай бұрын

​@alanarmstrong6460 better than today it systems everyone plays the same way boring pep has really made football boring

I remember watching this in a pub full of utd fans 😅

Funny Beckham left man u/fa to join 14 times European champions Real Madrid,snigger,snigger. Amen. Also Veron’s career was destroyed by man u/fa, as were many other careers crashed and burned at man u/fa. Amen.

@MarkSmith-er7fe

7 ай бұрын

yeah giggs 13 titles dhead

@zzzaaa0990

7 ай бұрын

@@MarkSmith-er7fe14>1 dude,keep looking up dude. Amen