'It was like The Kop was frozen in time': The day Gordon Strachan broke Liverpool hearts

With a 3-1 lead and the visitors down to 10-men following two yellow cards for Colin Gibson, United produced a stunning comeback

What’s it like honing in goal at Anfield? ‘Every eye on The Kop is staring at you,’ says Gordon Strachan. Picture: David Cannon/Allsport/Getty

Long before Alex Ferguson talked about knocking Liverpool off their perch, he fumed about leaving Anfield 'choking on his vomit' because of the way referees were provoked and intimidated.

It was April 1988 and Manchester United headed to Merseyside in the midst of what the master of the modern Old Trafford would later describe as “squeaky bum time”.