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00:00They won the league title when they hosted Chelsea in late April 2000
00:04So there was something of a carnival atmosphere for this meeting between two of the most attacking teams in the Premiership
00:10United's players were even afforded a guard of honour onto the pitch by the opposition
00:14Chelsea had crushed them 5-0 when the sides met in October at Stamford Bridge
00:19And were keen to produce another fine performance against the champions
00:22The Blues also had high hopes of finishing in the Champions League qualification places
00:28Sir Alex Ferguson had good cause to be proud of his side
00:31Who'd won the league title long before the end of the campaign
00:36There were presentations for Ferguson and Dwight York as manager and player of the month prior to kick-off
00:44Two changes to the United side who'd beaten Southampton, 3-1 away from home
00:48Ronnie Johnson who'd been a long-term absentee through injury made his first start of the season
00:53Up front, Dwight York replaced Andy Cole
00:58With just four league games remaining, Gianluca Vialli had one eye on his side's forthcoming FA Cup final appearance
01:06Tore Andre Flo was recalled to the Chelsea line-up to partner Gianfranco Zola in place of fellow striker Chris Sutton
01:14Chelsea had several players missing through injury
01:16Gustavo Poet, Albert Ferrer, Celestin Babayaro and Marcel Desailly were all out
01:22However, Dan Petrescu and Didier Deschamps returned and Mario Melchiot made just his second appearance for the club
01:29Your match commentator at a passionate Old Trafford is Martin Tyler
01:34There's always plenty of promise in the air when Manchester United do meet Chelsea
01:39And there is that 5-0 defeat to avenge for a start
01:43And indeed Manchester United have scored against every Premiership opponent this season except Chelsea
01:49Just that one game of course
01:51At Stamford Bridge
01:55On board at left-back
01:57Mark Leboeuf who didn't play against Middlesbrough on Saturday
02:01He was amongst the substitutes then, he's in the starting XI
02:04Alongside Emerson Tom who's on the ball here
02:07Who was in a Sheffield Wednesday side that lost 4-0 on this ground earlier in the season
02:13Lovely
02:15Midday sunshine
02:16Keeping with the time of year and the spring very much in the step
02:20That Manchester United-Chelsea will hope to find their own motivation here
02:24They do have an excellent record at Old Trafford
02:27Just two defeats in the last 24 times they've played here in the league
02:33Here's Melchiot with a cross, too high for Gary Neville
02:37Zola
02:39And a fine save from Torriandre Flo by Raymond van der Gaal
02:47A little slow to start here
02:50The champions
02:51And a chance for Middlesbrough as they head into the margin
03:06It's a poor kick by Dehoey, Ryan Giggs
03:09Maybe half thought about going directly with a shot for goal
03:13But he's made a run towards goal
03:16York has missed it in any case, he was offside
03:20He was offside, that spares the blush
03:24Giggs' mind working overtime really
03:27He knew where the goalkeeper was when he controlled it, had a look
03:30Decided that it would be too speculative
03:33Then ran past two
03:35And decided that York was better placed, but in fact he wasn't because he was offside
03:40He was offside
03:46A missed hand for Frank Leboeuf
03:52When you look at Ryan Giggs as one of the senior figures here
03:56With six championship mementos to his name
04:00He's still only 26 years old
04:03And there's so much more mileage left in this group of players
04:07The manager says it's the best that he's had to work with
04:10That's quite a compliment to them
04:14Butts, ball forward, long board
04:17Doing the necessary
04:22He made his debut for the club on this ground
04:29Oh and Ed Dehoey!
04:32Goal for Dwight York
04:35The embarrassment now with the goalkeeper
04:41Ten minutes gone
04:45And Manchester United have been getting goals all sorts of ways this season
04:50Well that's one of the stranger ways, it's not
04:53The first time that
04:55Dehoey's been called out
04:57In the premiership
04:59In this way
05:05But it's Dwight York, it's his 50th goal for Manchester United
05:10And one he'll certainly never forget
05:21So here's Zola
05:28The chest goes offside
05:32Happened while Frank Leboeuf was off the field
05:34But that's no
05:36Excuse as
05:38Gianluca Vialli looks towards his
05:41Embarrassed goalkeeper
05:56So that's 88 in the premiership
05:59So far
06:01For the champions
06:03And
06:063am
06:08Three quarters still to go
06:11Trying to reach the 100 but here's Zola looking to equalise
06:15Well helped
06:17He would have
06:18Thought it was a decent enough save if he'd parried it away
06:21Raymond van der Haal but
06:24Hamling was expert
06:30And now Flo is offside
06:31So the two
06:33Dutch goalkeepers here
06:34With very differing experiences in the opening exchanges
06:42A couple of
06:44Excellent pieces of work
06:46From Raymond van der Haal
07:01A little
07:03Bang in the face and the free kick given against him
07:05Flo trying to fasten on to Zola's touch
07:23He is long board with a throw
07:32Looking to Flo
07:34And Petrescu trying to
07:36Make something for himself
07:37Hey he's done that
07:38He's made himself an equaliser
07:40For Chelsea
07:44So in the 22nd minute it's 1-1
07:50Manchester United reacting sluggishly at the throw in the first place
07:53Hopeful from Flo
07:55But Petrescu
07:57With a steely challenge
08:02And it dropped
08:04Very nicely for him
08:25Back
08:26Three forward for Manchester United
08:29Melchior
08:31Didn't
08:32Defend decisively
08:33There's a corner
08:35Position where he could have just booted the ball away
08:40The quickest off the mark at the corner
08:41Which is allowed
08:42Beckham
08:44An opportunity to try and bamboozle it
08:50The very sluggish Chelsea
08:52Defending, look at the space that Beckham had
08:54And he gave it that little
08:56Flick of the eyes David Beckham
08:58Get the goalkeeper going one way
08:59And set the ball the other
09:05Keane
09:14Woodworth
09:16Did that with great intelligence really
09:22It's great when it comes off
09:29Decham
09:44Flo
09:45And Petrescu
09:47Got Zola to work with here
09:48Is Zola
09:50Chelsea lead
09:52By two goals to one
09:53It wasn't
09:54The most clinical finish
09:56But that doesn't matter
09:59Manchester United
10:00Who were beaten here by Real Madrid
10:01Only last week
10:02They haven't lost a Premiership game
10:05On this ground for more than 16 months
10:09And Chelsea
10:11Have given them problems in the past
10:13And Zola bounces Chelsea in front
10:17And they come back from 1-0 down
10:19To lead by two goals to one
10:21The top by Decham
10:23Petrescu
10:26That's called by Didier Decham
10:28He had Melchior
10:30A real problem
10:31Giggs
10:52Now Butt
10:57York
11:01Chelsea getting
11:03Man into the melee there
11:04But York came out with the ball
11:05Keane
11:06Keane trying to play it wide
11:07To Silvestre
11:08Butt will take over
11:09Silvestre again
11:15Bright York was nicely found by Nicky Butt
11:17But
11:18A little aggravated
11:19That
11:21York didn't make more of that
11:24Neville
11:25Decham was balked off the ball
11:26Well off the ball
11:27Here's Giggs
11:29Solskjaer
11:33Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
11:35Steers Manchester United
11:36Level at 2-2
11:39And his
11:41Ability to
11:43Take chances
11:45And then
11:46Take chances
11:49Is
11:51Quite remarkable
11:54They were sucked across a little bit
11:55Chelsea
11:57Solskjaer checked back onto his right foot
12:00And maybe the goalkeeper's view was masked
12:03And the shot was released
12:05But
12:06Ed De Gey
12:07Has to pick it out for a second time
12:17Now killed
12:23Cleared by Burke
12:32I think it's going to go
12:33Manchester United's way this time
12:35One extra minute to be added
12:39We're into stoppage time
12:46York
12:53York
12:56Beckham
12:57And it's Philip Neville
12:59Not like handball
13:00It's going to be a goal for Solskjaer
13:01No it's not
13:02Because his normal
13:05Deadliness there
13:07Deserted him
13:08It would have been one disputed by Chelsea
13:09Steve Dunsang had hit
13:11Philip Neville on the shoulder
13:13In the
13:14Collarbone sort of area
13:16And he wasn't going to give handball
13:18It would have been
13:19Manchester United back in front
13:20But Solskjaer
13:22Most unaccountably for him
13:24Skied it
13:26But that brings the
13:27First half
13:29To a close
13:30Half time
13:31At Old Trafford
13:32It's Manchester United 2
13:33Chelsea 2
13:39Leberth
13:40Oh dear
13:41Caught out by York
13:43I think Leberth really needed a call
13:47It's goals
13:49York in the midfield area again
13:52Making sure he stays there
13:53For a moment at least
14:02Beckham
14:05And on board
14:07It's there ahead of Butt
14:09So they're coming in from the right
14:12Flo
14:14Looking for Wise
14:15Oh unlucky
14:21Well Bernard Lambeau
14:22Really triggered that off
14:23With his enterprise
14:25And Chelsea
14:27Carried it on well
14:46Philip Neville
14:50Now Butt
14:51For Beckham
14:54Philip Neville again
14:56Manchester United 3
14:57Moving into the middle
14:58Solskjaer going towards the near post
14:59Here he is
15:01It's his movement that Chelsea didn't track
15:08Good spot by Philip Neville
15:09With a cross
15:16Right
15:21Here's Philip Neville
15:22York
15:24A bit of a trick against Tom
15:26Wasn't the right one
15:35And again
15:38Petrescu
15:39Wise
15:41Here's Leberth
15:43To express himself
15:44With his cultured passing
15:48By his standards
15:51Maybe just changed his mind
15:52At the last minute
15:53That was a clumsy piece of work
15:54From Zola
15:55Giggs
15:58And he's got it
15:59He's got it
16:00He's got it
16:01He's got it
16:02He's got it
16:03He's got it
16:04He's got it
16:05He's got it
16:06He's got it
16:07He's got it
16:08He's got it
16:10A tackle by Melchior
16:11Just showing the ball too much to
16:13Jordi Cruyff
16:14And Beckham
16:16First touch took him a bit wide
16:18Here's York
16:19Manchester United are in front
16:213-2
16:24A second today for Dwight York
16:28And still a quarter of the game to go
16:31The chance seemed to be there for Beckham himself
16:34But just look at the
16:35Way his first touch
16:39Just widens the angle out
16:42Here
16:45But the goalkeeper
16:46Got a strong parry to it
16:51But in there poaching
16:53Was York
17:00It was York who scored twice in the
17:02FA Cup quarter-final replay
17:05Last season at Stamford Bridge
17:07Knocked Chelsea out
17:09Big path in Manchester United
17:10Going on to
17:12Win that trophy
17:17Morris
17:19Le Berthe
17:24It's a solo flick
17:26Just gone a bit further forward
17:27Petrescu
17:29Had an opportunity
17:30But it's the
17:31Same old story for Manchester United
17:33It's not been a vintage performance
17:36From them today
17:38We'd expect maybe
17:41A slight reaction to their success
17:43Even from
17:45Pretty competitors
17:46Such as
17:47These players
17:49Who are on board
17:50But they're
17:53In the sort of situation they have been in
17:55Many times this season
17:56When the opposition have scored against them
17:59And they're just in the business of scoring more
18:03Corner off Philip Neville
18:07Neville
18:13A warmest of welcomes from
18:14Dennis Wise
18:15But he knows that
18:18Anonymous players don't get that sort of
18:20Attention
18:26Wise with the corner
18:27And the howl
18:30Deciding to take charge at the near post
18:37Neville
18:43Sylvester gets the header in
18:51York
19:02Philip Neville
19:04Scores
19:07Beckham
19:09And we see Chelsea wilting here
19:12Philip Neville's cross
19:13York's on the hat-trick
19:15Oh!
19:16It's stopped
19:17By a startled goalkeeper
19:18Right on the line from
19:19Jordi Cruyff
19:21York going for goal
19:22No doubt about that
19:24Ended up a half-decent pass
19:25To the man in the centre
19:37Wise
19:402-2 at half-time
19:41And one goal in the second half
19:42Has gone the way
19:44Of the champions against Chelsea
19:54Leberth
19:56Morris
19:57On the scamper again
19:59Used to be a
20:01Ball boy
20:02In Chelsea
20:03Here he is
20:04Jordi Morris
20:06Not sure what he can do
20:07With the ball out on the pitch
20:17Beckham's pass
20:22York working hard
20:23To try and hunt down the hat-trick here
20:28Manchester United have so
20:29Many other
20:31Players capable of scoring
20:41Beckham
20:44A bit of a hospital pass
20:45For Butt
20:48And
20:49Elkiot coming out
20:50With encouraging fitness
20:51For Chelsea
20:53In his second
20:54Premiership game
20:55The first was on
20:57Saturday
20:58Saturday
21:09Zola
21:14By Jons
21:16Something really needs
21:17Coming in from a
21:18Better angle than that
21:20What it's like to be
21:21A defender's ball
21:29Lamport
21:30Melkiot
21:34He's got between two
21:35Mario Melkiot
21:37And flow
21:38Oh and diverted
21:40On to the top of the crossbar
21:41And over
21:43Henningberg's touch
21:46Whether the goalkeeper
21:47Would have made a save
21:48We'll never know
21:51But
21:52My goodness me
21:53The call has not been given
21:56It's over Tom
21:57De Boer
21:58Trying to help out
21:59His fellow centre-back
22:00Against York
22:02And he's had to pull away
22:03And
22:06Extra
22:07Challenge came from
22:08Lamport
22:09Rudi Kruijf
22:11Now shot
22:12Too much there but
22:13Hard to launch himself
22:15Side on
22:18Against the Dutchman
22:20His surname is so
22:21Famous that he
22:22Opts for his Christian name
22:23On his shirt
22:25Doesn't this
22:27Father's
22:28High calibre that
22:30Rudi Kruijf although
22:31He's a fine footballer
22:33And the
22:34Johan Cruijff's come along
22:36Very very rarely
22:37Anyway it's David Beckham
22:38Coming along here
22:43Remember
22:44He like York
22:45Started the day on
22:46Manchester United
22:4749 goals
22:49Looks
22:50To be on the 50 with 2
22:52It's Beckham's moment
22:55Not the one in the first half
22:58Giving him a big build up
22:59He's hit it into the wall
23:02Silvestre
23:03Reach goals
23:04That won't reach
23:05But
23:06He's got in the way
23:08Giggs with the tackle
23:09Against Melfi up
23:17Jonsson
23:19Jonsson
23:23Scoles
23:24Giggs
23:29My
23:30Players I would think
23:31Haven't had too many
23:34Matches in the
23:35Warmth of this
23:36These conditions
23:38In recent
23:39Times
23:41Scoles
23:44Philipp Neville
23:46York
23:47Beckham
23:49Well
23:50Ed de Goy looked
23:51Round
23:53Clearing the worst
23:54I think
23:59The bend on the ball
24:00Just took it beyond the post
24:08Morris
24:09Do the same again
24:12Giggs
24:18Morris
24:19Not giving it up
24:24Giggs
24:25Stole the ball away
24:26So that the free kick
24:27Couldn't be taken quickly
24:31The birth
24:33Into the second minute
24:34Of time added on
24:39It's an 8th
24:40Premiership win in a row
24:41For the
24:42Reds
24:43Who are
24:44Simply the best
24:45In the English game
24:47Have had to work very hard
24:48For it here
24:50Final score at Old Trafford
24:52It is
24:53Manchester United 3
24:54Chelsea 2
24:56A high quality performance
24:57By Manchester United
24:58And there have been
24:59Plenty of those
25:00Throughout a season
25:01That saw them canter
25:02To another
25:03Premiership title
25:04They finished on
25:0591 points
25:06Scored an incredible
25:0797 goals
25:08And
25:09Were unbeaten
25:10At home
25:11All season
25:12Chelsea finished 5th
25:13On 65 points
25:14Chris Sutton
25:15Such a prolific
25:16Goal scorer
25:17At Blackburn
25:18Managed just one
25:19Premiership goal
25:20For the entire campaign
25:21They did end their season
25:22On a high though
25:23By winning the
25:24FA Cup