Match Rewind: Watch a seven-goal thriller!

Three times a week, since the UK's lockdown began, we've been asking you to vote on which classic United matches you'd like to see again, with the most popular then shown in full, for free, via the ManUtd.com homepage and our Official App.

 

Today we've a treat for you. On the menu are a quartet of seven-goal sizzlers, featuring great strikes, awe-inspiring comebacks and plenty of feisty confrontations. Read on for more information, and then be sure to cast your vote...

 

MIDDLESBROUGH 3 UNITED 4 (1999/00)

The Teesside club were on an impressive 17-match unbeaten streak heading into this one, and they forced United into a hell of a scrap at the Riverside. Local lad Andy Campbell gave the hosts the lead in the first half, and Boro were unfortunate not to go 2-0 up when Colombian striker Hamilton Ricard headed home from a corner, only to see his effort ruled out for an infringement on Henning Berg.

But the Reds weren't European champions for nothing. Just 55 seconds after the interval, Ryan Giggs responded to level the scores, and, before the hour mark, Sir Alex Ferguson's side were ahead, courtesy of Andy Cole's close-range finish – slid home after a sublime run-and-pass from David Beckham. Fifteen minutes later, one of Paul Scholes's all-time classic goals – a murderous drive from 25 yards that found the top corner as if fired from a sawn-off shotgun – made the game all but safe. And that just a few weeks after his equally stunning virtuoso volley at Bradford. Middlesbrough rallied with two late efforts from Paul Ince and Juninho, but those efforts merely sandwiched United's fourth, from Quinton Fortune. But this was a blood-and-thunder encounter in front of a boisterous crowd in the north-east. In other words, it's quality viewing.

UNITED 6 ARSENAL 1 (2000/01)

The Reds headed into this one unbeaten in nine league outings, seven of which we’d won. As a result, United had established a 13-point gap over second-placed Arsenal, and this emphatic victory in February all but secured a third consecutive league title. 

Dwight Yorke was the the man of the moment and put a makeshift Arsenal defence to the sword, netting a hat-trick within 22 minutes of kick-off. Roy Keane and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also got in on the act before half-time to ensure we headed in at the break 5-1 ahead. Teddy Sheringham added a sixth in the second period to wrap up a thoroughly miserable afternoon for the north London outfit.

LEEDS 3 UNITED 4 (2001/02)

United were 4-1 up and cruising with less than an hour played of this 2002 meeting at Elland Road, but the game ended in chaos, as the Reds sought to hold on to a narrow one-goal advantage. It was a dramatic end to the contest, but the final 4-3 scoreline ensured that the match would be rightly remembered for United's devastating powers of attack.

Sir Alex's side had taken the lead in just the eighth minute, through Scholes, only to see it cancelled out by Mark Viduka in the 20th minute. But before half-time, United had wrested control back, via two quickfire Solskjaer finishes. Then Beckham capped a sweeping counter-attack to make it four. But Leeds rallied admirably, via an Ian Harte free-kick and a Lee Bowyer header, to set up a grandstanding finish. They would ultimately fail to deny United, but it made for a breathless, topsy-turvy 90 minutes that had it all: superlative United forward play, and all the fire and brimstone we've come to expect from cross-Pennine clashes.

 

 

Ferguson's vintage of 2012/13 had proven themselves endlessly adept at coming from behind in the opening months of his final campaign as United manager, and our record 20th title would be built on an insatiable desire to gain maximum points in as many games as possible. Arguably the most dramatic of the eight we won from losing positions before the turn of the year was this Boxing Day encounter with Newcastle.

 

The relentless rain made it all the more dramatic, admittedly. Three times the Reds were behind, as James Perch, a Jonny Evans own goal and Papiss Cisse gave the Magpies a 3-2 lead with little over 20 minutes to go. But United's stars of the season wouldn't be denied. First, goal-machine Robin van Persie fired home to level the match at 3-3 and then, in the dying moments, the unsung hero of the campaign, Michael Carrick, floated an inviting ball into the box for Javier Hernandez to slot past Tim Krul. A riotously entertaining game, it put the Reds seven points clear at the top and made it clear to every other club in the league: Ferguson's men weren't going to be denied a reunion with the Premier League title.

 

You can select which of the four matches you want to see by voting in our Match Rewind live blog.

 

The vote closes at 11:00 BST on Thursday (10 June) and we’ll show the winning game in full, and for free, on the Official App and ManUtd.com at 19:00 BST later that evening.