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00:00It was a cruel twist of fate for Manchester United that Arsene Wenger's
00:04Arsenal were the visitors to Old Trafford in May 2002. A single point was
00:10all the Gunners needed to take the Premier League title off the club that
00:13had been champions for three years running.
00:18Sir Alex Ferguson named a Ruud van Nistelrooy on the bench while Diego
00:23Forlan started with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer up front. Arsene Wenger could have been
00:30excused a degree of confidence going into this match. His team had scored in
00:33every game of the season so far and were unbeaten away from home. With Thierry
00:37Henry unavailable, Kanu started up front alongside Sylvain Viltord. Officially
00:43still champions going into the match, could United keep hold of their title
00:47beyond the next 90 minutes? Your commentator is Ian Darke.
01:17And the Arsenal fans being made to feel a long, long way from a hybrid.
01:30This is aimed towards Kanu who beats Silvestre in the air and it falls to Ray
01:36Tala, scorer of that great goal in the FA Cup final and Viltord! Oh my goodness me!
01:41It took a deflection on the way through and Arsenal were very nearly ahead here
01:47as early as one and a half minutes in. It came off Laurent Blanc. It was on its way
01:55too, it was superbly struck.
02:01Mistake by Keown, lets in Diego Forlan and how he could do with a goal.
02:06He'd have quite a time to score it, wouldn't he?
02:10Solskjaer. Good football, United. Play on since the referee, as Scholes plays this in
02:18to Kean who's turned up here wide on the left. A bit of fluidity about the United
02:25line-up here. Forlan, laid off towards Scholes, who strikes it beautifully but
02:31just over the bar.
02:35And that took a deflection on the way through too. It's a United corner, the corner is
02:41taken quickly. Driven in towards the near post and he just needed a little touch
02:47on the way through. It came off an Arsenal head and it'll be another United
02:50corner. Wes Brown in there, causing the danger.
02:57Scoles, Manchester United showing signs of slipping into gear here.
03:10This is Vero. Back to Scholes. Thought about the shot instead, plays Giggs.
03:19He's asked a lot of Roy Keane, too much.
03:24I wonder what he's thinking. 36 goals, how come I'm not in the starting line-up, boss?
03:33They're making as much noise as they can, the 3,000 Arsenal fans.
03:40I think we've seen already that if Arsenal are going to pick up the championship tonight, they're going to have to do it the hard way against the very fired-up Manchester United now.
03:50Phil Neville could be in a lot of trouble for that.
03:55He went right through on Wiltor. And this is going to be at least a yellow, I would say, for Philip Neville.
04:07The United look more than stoked up at the moment.
04:14I think the referee, bearing in mind the stakes, is probably going to err on the side of caution.
04:23And by caution, I mean yellow card, rather than red.
04:29No booking. Away goes Giggs. Free kick to Manchester United.
04:38Switch up the decibel level again.
04:46And the Red Cavalry are arriving, and many of them in that Arsenal penalty area.
04:541, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 United players. And look at this, stuff going on with Scholes and Keane.
05:01Now, Scholes really has to be careful. He has been booked.
05:06The referee was lining up the free kick at the time, probably didn't see it.
05:16He's trying to keep the lid on this.
05:20David Hale! David Hale! David Hale!
05:28Can't get it, it's not David Hale on the ice since it left four times.
05:34Driven in low by Veron. Skidded rather nastily too.
05:40Seaman watched it all the way through a crowd of players.
05:46The error.
06:00So, Campbell, who must be thinking,
06:02I'm not at the right thing when I chose Arsenal.
06:04But he's got himself into a bit of a mess here.
06:07And he's rescued by Ray Parler.
06:10Oh, you won for that, mate, I'm sure he's safe.
06:14Parler, so much the unsung talent,
06:17has been with the club for a decade and more now.
06:20Giggs.
06:21On towards full-on, a little flick on.
06:24And it won't quite fall for Veron, who was on the far side.
06:30Scholes battling away, there's absolutely no doubting
06:33Manchester United's passion.
06:44FANS CHANT
06:47Ball out.
06:51Van Dijk working so hard to try and make things happen,
06:54it was a glorious ball for Veron, who tried to ban one,
06:57took a deflection on the way through, corner to United.
07:05Yes, there's no Beckham out here.
07:07Various players trying to fill the role, Veron's among them.
07:14And an Australian Beckham-style Parler there.
07:18Giggs with the corner for Manchester United.
07:28Stay, stay!
07:32Go to Neville!
07:33Phil Neville, good little run here from Solskjaer,
07:36but very, very quickly read by Campbell.
07:44FANS CHANT
07:54Ball.
07:55Keane huffing it forward.
08:00Keane, on the volley, speculative, on target,
08:03but right down David Seaman's throat.
08:07It's going to be two minutes of added time at the end of the half here.
08:14I'm sure we're going to see him later at the same point,
08:17moved by Nice to right.
08:29Nothing really quite rhyming for either side.
08:33It's been a battle being won by the tacklers and coverers,
08:37but here's Ashley Cole.
08:40Jungberg, Cole again, into a good area,
08:43but nobody that far forward to attack it.
08:55We're going to get the whistle any time now.
09:01That's it. Arsenal at the moment on course for the one point they need
09:06to complete the double tonight.
09:10It's been gritty, feisty, back-to-the-wall kind of stuff,
09:15particularly from Arsenal, who've defended very, very well.
09:18Burning commitment from Manchester United,
09:21but so far they are being denied.
09:24But at half-time here, Manchester United nil, Arsenal nil.
09:36No changes for either side at half-time,
09:39as Wiltor makes a really penetrating run right at the start of the half.
09:45And he's got United by a surprise for a moment there,
09:48it was Scholes who bit in with the challenge.
09:52Wiltor, who scored a hat-trick against Manchester United.
09:55Manchester United reserves, really, in the League Cup earlier on in the season.
10:02Edou with the corner kick, which wonderously reached Keownan.
10:05Missed cue by Wiltor.
10:10United, of course, love to break, but Arsenal seem wise to that
10:14and are not pushing too many players forward.
10:18Arsenal, who won the corresponding fixture at Highbury by three goals to one.
10:23And that's it.
10:26Arsenal, who won the corresponding fixture at Highbury by three goals to one.
10:31Two from Thierry Henry and one from Freddie Jungberg,
10:35after Paul Scholes had given United the lead.
10:38That was during that phase of the season when Manchester United
10:41just did not look themselves at all.
10:45The phase of the season which, indeed, is now costing them so dearly.
10:50Scholes just about beat Jungberg with the fastball, Neville down the line,
10:54and Forlan is onside.
10:56Played it towards Veron, who couldn't quite find his feet,
10:58and it fell nicely for Seaman in the end.
11:02That was a sweeping Manchester United move.
11:06Of some quality.
11:20Jungberg got in with an interesting little challenge.
11:25Here is Jungberg.
11:27Feeds Wiltor.
11:30Jungberg again.
11:32Two of them working it between them, and they've still got it, too,
11:35with Wiltor this time.
11:38Another player is beginning to arrive, one of them is Edu here.
11:41On his left foot as well, and it nearly broke in the middle there for Kanu.
11:49And it took a deflection somewhere along the line off a United boot,
11:53because it's a corner kick.
11:55You could hear a pin drop, I would think, around here if Arsenal score.
12:01Except for those little 3,000 fans locked away in the corner of the ground.
12:05Gunners fans.
12:07Bartosz.
12:08Looked like he was foul on the way through.
12:10It was Giggs who completed the clearance.
12:13And a free kick given to the challenge on the goalkeeper.
12:20Manchester United, remember, were in ninth place just before Christmas.
12:24Ten to one shots for the title.
12:26Since then they've won 18, drawn one, lost two.
12:30An amazing run, but it looks like it's not going to be quite good enough for them.
12:34Here's Silvestre.
12:37Good-looking ball in, two towards Forlan.
12:39Did that come off Campbell? Giggs.
12:41They'll get the corner this time, Manchester United.
12:50Five corners apiece as Giggs takes this one for Manchester United.
12:54A miscue really by Kanu.
12:57There's to Philip Neville.
12:59Veron, deft little flick.
13:01Neville does want to make something of it, there's nobody that deep in the redshirt.
13:20It's a mistake by Bartosz, it's fallen to Wiltor.
13:23Great recovery challenge by Wes Brown,
13:26who needed to make that.
13:28Bartosz there, almost led Arsenal in.
13:32It's only going to take a moment like that, you sense,
13:35to decide things here tonight.
13:38Here's Parler.
13:40Is he going to let another of those long shots go like he did in the cup final?
13:44He was shaping that way, it was about that range, too.
13:47Down goes Giggs.
13:49And the referee was just waiting to see whether any advantage accrued.
13:58Giggs.
14:00Giggs.
14:02Giggs.
14:04Giggs.
14:05Giggs.
14:07Kanu is one of those who's been booked.
14:10Only Arsenal playing back so far.
14:15Here's Forlan.
14:19Lovely quick feet from the Uruguayan.
14:23They finish disappointing.
14:25APPLAUSE
14:33Arsenal fans, I'm sure, are starting to count down the clock now,
14:38and are leaving their 35 minutes away
14:41from winning the championship to go with the FA Cup.
14:47If it happens, it'll be the second time that Arsene Wenger has done it for the club.
14:53Now then, here's Wiltor.
14:56Jungberg.
14:58It's broken from him, it's Freddy Jungberg!
15:00And Wiltor must score, surely, and does!
15:02And gives Arsenal the lead!
15:05And Arsenal now.
15:07The championship is so close that they can smell it.
15:14Manchester United got themselves in a mess.
15:17Jungberg, who hadn't been in the game at all,
15:20his shot was blocked, and Sylvain Wiltor has finished it off.
15:28And almost from the exact position on this ground
15:32from where Marc Overmars scored for Arsenal in 1998
15:38on Arsenal's way to the championship.
15:40It's Wiltor who's done it.
15:43His 17th goal of the season, and a priceless one.
15:46Q. Ruud van Nistelrooy.
15:50It's Veron who's going to come off.
15:53He is struggling with an injury.
16:03This is not what he had in mind when he signed on for another three years a few months ago.
16:09He was hoping he'd be off to Hamden next week
16:12for his beloved Glasgow for the Champions League final.
16:15That isn't going to happen.
16:18And it does begin to look here as if Manchester United will end without any trophy this season.
16:26Giggs.
16:30Keown getting it away.
16:33Tala for Arsenal, who at the moment are in the comfort zone.
16:38Vieira.
16:39Jungberg's in a lot of space wide left, he hasn't been picked up.
16:45Just about keeps it in play, does he?
16:49Ronaldo was in the middle, and Vieira!
16:51Almost got past Wes Brown, but grounded well into the box.
16:54He's got the ball, he's got the ball, he's got the ball, he's got the ball.
16:58Ronaldo in the middle, and Vieira!
17:00Almost got past Wes Brown, but grounded well enough.
17:04At the moment, Manchester United very much on the back foot,
17:07and Arsenal standing to play here with a bit of swagger even.
17:12Laren.
17:19Sol Campbell.
17:22And Freddy Jungberg, who in three and a half weeks will be facing England in the World Cup.
17:28He's been here in Ericsson.
17:29The coach says he's a bit worried about Jungberg's form, as well he might be.
17:36He hasn't scored for Sweden for three years.
17:41A trend of one or two of this sort continues for another month or so.
17:52He's worked well, he's done pretty well up there tonight, foraging away.
17:57Got the goal, of course. Now here's Quinton Fortune.
18:06Sculls.
18:11Jungberg.
18:13His pace is quite deceptive.
18:20Dito Cano here, who engineers an opportunity and finds it just wide.
18:26Time is running out here for Manchester United.
18:29Eight minutes to go.
18:32Arsenal so close to the league and cup double, and how they would love to do it here.
18:39At the home of their great rivals, the side who have frustrated them so often in recent years.
18:48And sometimes for fans who suffer those frustrations, the wait can make the triumph all the sweeter.
18:57And he's had enough triumphs.
19:03Still time for Manchester United, though.
19:09Seven minutes to go.
19:11Giggs didn't quite get the header he needed.
19:14Giggs didn't quite get the header he needed. Sculls has picked it up, though.
19:17Van Nistelrooy wants it.
19:20Doesn't get it.
19:24No, he does.
19:26This rude Van Nistelrooy.
19:29De Gea getting the foot in this time.
19:33Arsenal making sure that every road is a cul-de-sac.
19:44Go on!
19:57Arsenal are a goal to the good, and remember a point is enough for them.
20:01They can even now afford to concede one and still be champions.
20:07Some very thoughtful faces among the Manchester folk.
20:14This I think is a knowledgeable enough football crowd to know what they're watching.
20:25And what they're watching is a very disciplined away performance by Arsenal.
20:37Here's Van Nistelrooy.
20:42Here's Ray Parler now.
20:44He's wanting Loughran to overlap down this right-hand side, which he does.
20:51Philip Neville who's switched to the left-hand side now.
20:55Of the defences even pushing into midfield.
20:59Just leaving Wes Brown and Laurent Blanc and Silvestre back there.
21:03So it looks like United have switched to a three at the back.
21:10And Loughran is getting a yellow card.
21:13That makes it six on the night.
21:16I must say I thought the sending off was almost inevitable the way it was going in the first half.
21:21Keown, difficult bounce.
21:23Falls for Solskjaer, maybe something for United here.
21:28Comes out to Wes Brown.
21:29Who if he'd gone down there, that might well have been a valid claim for a penalty.
21:35But he stayed on his feet.
21:38Well that was interesting.
21:43Brown again.
21:46All credit to him for doing that.
21:48But I just wonder whether a penalty might have been given had Brown gone to ground.
21:53They still believe.
21:55As Giggs swings in the corner.
21:57Seaman doesn't really get there.
21:59And Keown with the attempted header can't direct it goalwards.
22:04We've played over a minute and a half of the three minutes being added.
22:10It's celebration time for the fans.
22:12Not for him yet.
22:14He's seen too many matches and too many dramatic changes.
22:17Colt will parade this into the arms of David Seaman and a few more seconds are eaten up.
22:26Arsenal are so, so close.
22:32This is a famous night in their history.
22:35An Old Trafford of all places.
22:37Giggs in towards Wes Brown.
22:40And I don't think Manchester United have got a chance to score two now.
22:44And it's Wiltor.
22:46Arsenal are going to rub United's noses in it with a second.
22:50Wide for Parler.
22:53And it deflects a bit crazily but into the arms of Fabian Vartez in the air.
22:57And there is a goal.
22:59And it's a goal.
23:01And it's a goal.
23:03And it's a goal.
23:04It's deflected very crazily but into the arms of Fabian Vartez in the air.
23:07And now gets himself involved with Leik kicks it of all people.
23:27Watch as the final whistle blows and Arsenal, runner-up for the last three seasons are champions this time for United.
23:34And Arsene Wenger completes a league and FA Cup double for the second time.
23:40Thanks to Sylvain Wiltor's winner.
23:44Praise be.
23:45Congratulations to the Gunners,
23:49who do it on the turf of their fiercest rivals, Manchester United.
23:56Now how sweet is that for everybody connected with Arsenal,
24:01who to be fair are getting a generous round of applause from the Manchester United fans as well.
24:09Hard for United to swallow, but they've had many, many glorious successes of their own
24:15and they will not begrudge Arsenal this moment.
24:20They just wish it was happening on some other ground.
24:25Arsenal are the FA Barclaycard champions and well they've deserved it.
24:31They've scored in every game this season.
24:34They've gone through the entire campaign unbeaten away from home.
24:39The first team to do that since Preston North End in 1889.
24:46Well you just can't overstate what it means for Arsene Wenger and his players.
24:54The fulfilment of a season's work.
24:57This had been a vintage season for Arsenal,
25:00who were emerging as true challengers to Manchester United's domination of the Premier League.
25:05In the end they took the title by seven points.
25:08United, ten points off the pace, slipped to a disappointing third.
25:12So at Old Trafford of all places it was Arsene Wenger's night
25:16as he and thousands of the club's fans around the country celebrated the coming of a hero.