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Patrice names 'most annoying' opponent

Patrice played over 350 games for United, between 2006 and 2014, and also racked up 81 appearances for France.

Evra turned out for Monaco and Juventus too, among others, and featured in five Champions League finals, meaning he knows all about tricky, headache-causing wingers.

The likes of Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben and Gareth Bale all lined up on the right wing for the opposition when Patrice started at left-back for the Reds, but our former no.3 opted for another name when explaining who posed most problems.

Evra was philosophical, at first, in his reply to a question posed in the second part of our Fans’ Q&A, asking him about his best opponent: “The best player I played against it was Patrice [Evra].