This month in 1998/99

The Treble wasn't built in a day... almost a year of hard work went into the Reds' epic achievement. Here we look back at March 1999, a month that saw the Reds edge past Internazionale and Chelsea in knockout competitions while maintaining pace in the league...

Champions League
A year earlier, United had come unstuck at the quarter-final stage at the hands of French champions Monaco. This time, despite even tougher opposition (and a pre-match media frenzy surrounding David Beckham and Diego Simeone), Sir Alex’s men were determined not to suffer the same fate.

The Reds beat Inter 2-0 at OT in the first leg, with Beckham and Dwight Yorke doing all the damage. After shaving the bar with a free-kick, Beckham crossed for Yorke on six minutes to head United into the lead with a brilliant diving header. The pair combined again on the stroke of half-time, Beckham whipping in a first-time ball that Yorke again nodded home.

It wasn’t all one-way traffic: Simeone had a goal disallowed after the break, while Peter Schmeichel made fine saves from Ivan Zamorano, Nicola Ventola and Francesco Colonnese.

But the Reds hung on to take a valuable two-goal