Evra: The night Sir Alex predicted I'd score

The French full-back started United's famous 7-1 victory over Roma in 2007 on the bench, as the Reds looked to overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first leg of the quarter-final tie between the two clubs.

Incredibly, by the time Evra replaced John O'Shea in the 52nd minute, Ferguson's team were already 5-0 up on the night, and 6-2 on aggregate.

The Scot was so confident by this point that he predicted United's no.3 would score soon after getting onto the field of play.

“I started on the bench,”remembered Evra,

“and the boss said: ‘Patrice, you’re going to come on, but you’re going to come as a right-back, and you’re going to score a goal.’ He even told me that! “I came as the right-back, because…