O’Shea thought Blues score was ‘wind-up’

WHEN Wes Brown told goalscoring hero John O’Shea that Manchester United were on the verge of seizing control in the title battle, the Waterford man thought it was a wind-up.

After applying the killer touch across at Anfield in February, O’Shea launched United’s devastating revival against the blue half of Merseyside when he bundled home a loose ball after Iain Turner dropped Michael Carrick’s corner at his feet.

Yet, even when Phil Neville had blasted into his own net, Wayne Rooney had smoothly converted his 23rd goal of the campaign and debutant Chris Eagles had completed an amazing turnaround in a game where United had fallen two behind, O’Shea did not believe the result would be of such significance.