We will never know but Utd were carried to the treble on the crest of a good run of form and games like that semi-final must have boosted them and dented us.
People wank themselves into a frenzy about the treble but there were huge slices of luck in it including that Bergkamp penalty and the way they won the CL Final.
Score that penalty and things could have been very different.
All great achievements in football are laced with elements of luck, the margins are too fine.
I think United’s team from 07-09 was better than the treble winning side anyway.
For balance, of course, The Invincibles rode their luck on occasion. There was a game towards the end of the season, after we'd wrapped up the title.
Think it was Portsmouth away. Finished 1-1. Anyway, we were awful. Had the flip-flops on.
In the last 10 minutes one of their players was clean through on goal and hit it straight at Lehmann. Either side and it would have been very different.
As MO said, fine lines...