Premier League 2000 2001 Manchester United Arsenal

 28e Journée

25. Février 2001

Old Trafford

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6.0 Go

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This was the very frank response from Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gave in a post-match interview when asked if his side being torn apart by Manchester United in a 6-1 annihilation had ended the Premier League title race, back in the 2000/01 season.

Even prior to kick-off, back-to-back reigning champions United were running away with the title. Barring one brief slip in the reverse fixture against Arsenal at Highbury, Sir Alex Ferguson’s team had been top of the table since the start of September and were beyond dominant. As Arsenal arrived at Old Trafford hoping to cut a 13-point lead, it took Dwight Yorke less than three minutes to break the deadlock. Thierry Henry actually got an equaliser for the visiting Gunners, but the United striker had completed his hat-trick in just over 20 minutes. Roy Keane and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made it 5-1 by half-time, before a much less intense second half produced only one more goal from substitute Teddy Sheringham.

Dwight Yorke’s place in the starting XI was only his second in nine games after falling to the bottom of the pecking order behind Sheringham, Solskjaer and treble partner Andrew Cole.

But it pointed towards Ferguson’s legendary man management skills to select Yorke ahead of Sheringham, who was top United’s scorer, with Cole left out. The Trinidadian was coming towards the end of his brief but successful stint at Old Trafford and the three goals he scored in this game accounted for a third of Premier League tally that season.