You used to stand in the tunnel, look over to your left and pretty much know for the next 90 minutes you would barely touch the ball.
During the Sir Alex Ferguson years, you would see all those great players – Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Jaap Stam, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo to name just a few – and you’d quickly realise why Old Trafford had an aura like nowhere else.
As we waited to go out on Monday night, I didn’t feel any apprehension but I came off after the match with the feeling that it won’t be long before this Manchester United team is challenging once again.