But I never seem to pass up an opportunity to watch it, and came to realise Motson’s commentary had more than a little to do with that. But when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer burst through to pull one back in the 77th minute, Motson’s voice tells you that something might just be happening here. ‘Oh, and they have got one back…’ Motson crows as Van Nistelrooy rushes in to retrieve the ball from the goal. ', the air of inevitability in Motson’s voice tells you what he – and the rest of us – suspected was most likely coming. Compare it to those eight words when Van Nistelrooy skips past Peter Schmeichel and it simply doesn’t need anything else.
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