Man United’s Attack Caught Fire in 98/99
Michael Owen was scoring four in a game. Alan Smith was announcing himself at Anfield. Leeds and Liverpool looked like the future. Aston Villa and Chelsea were first and second at Christmas. Arsenal and Manchester United were still not quite fully convincing.
Then United’s attack caught fire.
In part three of our 1998/99 Premier League series, we cover the winter months of a season that was starting to turn: Owen’s four goals against Nottingham Forest, Alan Smith’s debut goal for Leeds at Liverpool, Martin O’Neill rejecting Leeds, David O’Leary stepping up, Pierluigi Casiraghi’s devastating Chelsea injury, Duncan Ferguson leaving Everton for Newcastle, West Ham’s brilliant young core, Arsenal signing Kanu, and Nottingham Forest bringing in Big Ron.
We also look at the Cole and Yorke partnership beginning to explode, why it worked, how it compared to Owen and Fowler, and United’s ridiculous New Year scoring run: 4-1, 6-2 and 8-1, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scoring four off the bench against Forest.
And then there’s the title-race checkpoint at Old Trafford: Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal, Yorke missing a penalty, David Seaman starring, Kanu and Anelka combining, Andy Cole equalising, and Roy Keane missing a huge late chance.
Plus: Glenn Hoddle, England, the tabloids, reincarnation, and one of the strangest managerial exits of the era.
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#PremierLeague #FootballHistory #AndItsLive #ManUnited #ArsenalMichael Owen was scoring four in a game. Alan Smith was announcing himself at Anfield. Leeds and Liverpool looked like the future. Aston Villa and Chelsea were first and second at Christmas. Arsenal and Manchester United were still not quite fully convincing.
Then United’s attack caught fire.
In part three of our 1998/99 Premier League series, we cover the winter months of a season that was starting to turn: Owen’s four goals against Nottingham Forest, Alan Smith’s debut goal for Leeds at Liverpool, Martin O’Neill rejecting Leeds, David O’Leary stepping up, Pierluigi Casiraghi’s devastating Chelsea injury, Duncan Ferguson leaving Everton for Newcastle, West Ham’s brilliant young core, Arsenal signing Kanu, and Nottingham Forest bringing in Big Ron.
We also look at the Cole and Yorke partnership beginning to explode, why it worked, how it compared to Owen and Fowler, and United’s ridiculous New Year scoring run: 4-1, 6-2 and 8-1, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scoring four off the bench against Forest.
And then there’s the title-race checkpoint at Old Trafford: Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal, Yorke missing a penalty, David Seaman starring, Kanu and Anelka combining, Andy Cole equalising, and Roy Keane missing a huge late chance.
Plus: Glenn Hoddle, England, the tabloids, reincarnation, and one of the strangest managerial exits of the era.
Subscribe for the full 1998/99 Premier League story.
#PremierLeague #FootballHistory #AndItsLive #ManUnited #Arsenal
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