Both teams were docked points, and a glorious rivalry was
born — one that would rumble through much
of the 1990s and 2000s, taking in Martin Keown and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira, before reaching a farcical nadir (or zenith, if you're that way inclined) when Cesc Fabregas allegedly lobbed a
slice of pizza at Alex Ferguson.