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‘When we came off afterwards, we knew we had them’

It may not feel like it, but two decades have passed since Marc Overmars scored the goal to set us on course for the 1997/98 Premier League title.

This week marks exactly 20 years since that historic day at Old Trafford, when we went from unlikely challengers to Manchester United’s throne, to being on the verge of something special.

We would go on to win the next eight games during an unprecedented run of form on our way to the title, playing some beautiful football in the process, but Lee Dixon says it was that afternoon in Manchester which will always live long in his memory.