Somehow this game randomly came up on YouTube for me. Giggs scored in it and apparently it was his first goal at Old Trafford since the 1999 season. That's unbelievable - was he coming under scrutiny for that? I honestly can't recall. As well, Ruud was lethal from the penalty spot....and Scholes was operating on a different level.
Bored on a Saturday night - Man United 4; Liverpool 0, 2002-3: random observations
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Looks to me like he scored 2 at home between the 99 final and that Liverpool game but even then only if you just look at league goals as he scored some at home in other comps too. Scored 19 away just in the league during that period according to transfermarkt.
He never was a prolific goalscorer compared to today's standards though. And in the days of 442 scoring a lot wasn't his main role nor expected of wingers.
Giggs's form was actually under scrutiny during that period, and by 2002/03, some fans had lost patience with him and there was speculation in the media his future at United was under serious threat. This period culminated in the away game vs Juventus in 2003, where Giggs came off the bench to score twice, including one where he dribbled from the halfway line. He marked the celebration by pointing to the name on his back. This game silenced his critics and his form recovered after that.
Funny that all of the goal scorers in that game have now managed us
Yeah that goal against Juve was amazing.
Giggs was heavily scrutinised around that time. A few fans wanted him sold to Inter
I remember my dad and I calling him a dinosaur and thinking he was past it 
Embarrassing looking back seeing as he wasn’t even that old, and the form he’d later be in, but he just didn’t have the spark he once had.
Embarrassing looking back seeing as he wasn’t even that old, and the form he’d later be in, but he just didn’t have the spark he once had.He was a bit patchy at the time. I remember he was constantly being linked with a move away, a bit like Rashford now. There was always stories in the paper saying Inter Milan wanted him, but it never happened.
He had his testimonial in 2001 - and played on for another 13 yearsI remember my dad and I calling him a dinosaur and thinking he was past it
Who knew riding his brother's misses was all he needed to reinvigorate him for another decade of successI remember my dad and I calling him a dinosaur and thinking he was past it
Tbh, we never really stopped criticising him, especially in the late 2000’s.
I remember the match day threads when he used to make the starting line up, we weren’t half dramatic.
I remember the match day threads when he used to make the starting line up, we weren’t half dramatic.