Man Utd’s Monday night record in the Premier League

There have been countless vivid memories from these fixtures over the years, probably too many to mention. Tearing pretenders Norwich City apart with a devastating burst of counterattacking football and, soon after, celebrating the inaugural title, and ending the 26-year drought, by beating Blackburn Rovers on a night for the ages at Old Trafford that would set a high bar from that first season onwards.

Yet 1993/94, a campaign that was somehow going to be even better, featured an August win at Aston Villa when Lee Sharpe forever linked himself with the beautiful all-black kit with both goals in a 2-1 triumph, and the good times kept flowing.

There was a huge victory in the context of the 1995/96 Premier League title race, when Peter Schmeichel was outstanding and Eric Cantona volleyed the only goal at leaders Newcastle United, as the tide started to turn, with Kevin Keegan’s Magpies ultimately reeled in, on the way to another Double.