48.21 - Goal Darren Fletcher, assist Ryan Giggs.
80.00 - Goal Darren Fletcher, assist Ryan Giggs.
90.00 + 5.28 Goal Michael Owen, assist Ryan Giggs.
Is anyone else sensing a theme? I'm not going to argue about whether it was right or wrong, fair or unfair. 96th minute winners are always going to be controversial. And subjectivity, as a lifelong Manchester United fan, isn't something I'm even going to attempt.
What I'd like to say is indisputable: Ryan Giggs won that game for Manchester United. Owen finished brilliantly and Fletcher's ability to crop up with important headers is well documented (Chelsea 1-0). But look! Up there. Three assists. One man, a 35-year-old one at that.
I could sit here and wax lyrical about Ryan Giggs for months - actually months. But I needn't there isn't a person on the planet, with even a passing interest in football who doesn't know what Ryan Giggs has contributed to not just Manchester United, but football itself.
"It's embarrassing to say, but I once cried watching a man play football, it was Ryan Giggs. For Manchester United versus Tottenham in 1996," said Alessandro Del Peiro in 2004.
"He's the best, he has everything, poise, control, passing, scoring, he was the player I most aspired to be like - that hasn't changed," said Theirry Henry in 2007.
"If he was French, I would be warming zee bench," said Zinedine Zidane in 2003 (he didn't say zee).
"Lampard, Ballack, Mikel, Essien - well, Giggs taught them all a lesson today, wow. What a player, what a player," said Guus Hiddink in 2009.
Sport sometimes gets over-hyped, blown out of all proportion, and given significance beyond its station. But watching Ryan Giggs you can see why.
Enough, this is pointless. Watch the man.
And as an added bonus here's a picture of Guus Hiddink in the '80s.
