Background: A hard-fought League Cup fourth round tie at Old Trafford was finely poised, with Wilf McGuinness’s Reds tied at 1-1 with Dave Sexton’s Blues after John Hollins had cancelled out Bobby Charlton’s opener. With 20 minutes remaining, George Best strode towards the Chelsea goal, with Blues hard-man Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris in hot pursuit…
The goal: “He was running through on goal but he’s slightly overrun the ball,” recalled Harris, looking back. “I thought: ‘Here’s your chance, finally!” Marginally outside the penalty area, the defender launched into a challenge aimed more at dismemberment than dispossession, but then watched on agog as Best somehow rode the challenge, skipped past onrushing Chelsea stopper Peter Bonetti and slid home an ice-cool finish.