The date was 23 April 2003 and the Reds were hosting Real Madrid, with their full complement of Galacticos in tow, including Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane and Raul.
However, on a night where United ultimately bowed out of the Champions League, two things caught a five-year-old Marcus’s eye – a certain Brazilian forward and the sheer glitz and glamour of a big European night at Old Trafford.
“Ronaldo was one of my favourite players growing up,” Marcus recalls.
“He was someone I used to always watch on YouTube and stuff like that. Literally the only reason my brother took me to the game was because he was playing.