La 5-1, unii își vor fi amintit de ceea ce până ieri fusese cea mai neagră zi din cariera lui Sir Alex Ferguson:
Iată ce spunea scoțianul după acel meci:
Believe me, what I have felt in the last week you wouldn’t think should happen in football. Every time somebody looks at me I feel I have betrayed that man. After such a result, you feel as if you have to sneak round corners, feel as if you are some kind of criminal. But that’s only because you care, care about the people who support you. At Manchester United, you become one of them, you think like a supporter, suffer like a supporter.
The Observer, 1 octombrie 1989.