The dominant Manchester United dynasty of the 2000s can attribute their success to several factors. Most pertinently, they had world-class players, such as Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand, who were coached by Sir Alex Ferguson, arguably the greatest manager in English football history.
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There was also Old Trafford, the largest club stadium in English football and a ground that Jamie Carragher, writing in the Telegraph, said can make “many players freeze”. They might have even got the odd favourable decision from the officials.
But there’s one thing United players insist was an underrated secret ingredient: video games.
“We always used to play a game at Man United on the PSP
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