1. vs. Bayern Munich
Competition Champions League, Date 26th May 1999, Score 2-1 What else could it be? After securing the Premier League and FA Cup trophies, all that stood in the way of the Champions League trophy that would finalise United's unprecedented treble was Ottmar Hitzfeld's Bayern Munich side, who Sir Alex Ferguson's men had drawn with twice in the competition's group stage. With midfielders Roy Keane and Paul Scholes suspended, United struggled throughout most of the match, going behind early on to a Mario Basler free kick that Bayern were unlucky to add to after efforts from Carsten Jancker and Mehmet Scholl hit the woodwork. As the match entered stoppage time, however, United were awarded a corner. Goalkeeper (and captain in Keane's absence) Peter Schmeichel, in his last ever game for the club, went forward as the team pulled out all the stops in search for an equaliser. Teddy Sheringham was the man to get it, inspiring his teammates to continuing attacking the shocked Bayern side. Another corner followed, which Sheringham flicked on to his fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who put the ball in the Germans net to end a fairytale season. 'Football, bloody hell', was Sir Alex's response to his team's achievement. Nobody could sum it up better.