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Manchester United were set to be crowned Premier League champions on Saturday, May 13 2012. The final whistle had gone at the Stadium of Light and United had done everything within their power to clinch the title.
Wayne Rooney scored the game's only goal against Sunderland that afternoon and Sir Alex Ferguson sheepishly applauded after the match from the touchline, as his players uncomfortably stood on the pitch. It was awkward. The uncertainty was insufferable.
United were waiting on news from the Etihad and Rene Meulensteen, United's first-team coach, walked down the tunnel in search of answers. He knew Simon Wells, United's video analyst, was following the Manchester City match.
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"I wanted to see what was really going on," Meulensteen explained to the Manchester Evening News, over a coffee in Wilmslow, Manchester. "Then Simon walked out. He had his hands on his head. He said ‘they’ve just f***** scored’."
It is the 10th anniversary of Sergio Aguero's goal in two months yet Meulensteen still struggles to find the words to describe how that moment felt. The disappointment was toxifying and Ferguson knew he needed to somehow turn that to his advantage.
"Everyone came back to the dressing room and Ferguson made his speech," Meulensteen recalled. "It was so good in the circumstances, especially for the young kids. He said: ‘just remember this, just remember how it feels.
"I want you to remember how it feels to be so close and then for it to be ripped out of your hands."
It wasn't just the players that were bereft. Meulensteen admitted he and his colleagues went on holiday in an awful mood that summer, but when he returned
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