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Manchester United fans who watched the 1999 UEFA Champions League final unfold on television screens throughout the UK will forever associate the voice of Clive Tyldesley with that dramatic night.

Here, the ITV football commentator who famously cried, “And Solskjaer has won it!” shares his memories of an unforgettable evening behind the microphone...

“Let’s not pretend that it was a great final between United and Bayern Munich, but it was the climax of a truly great season – and ‘great’ is an overused word in football. For me to have been a very, very small part of it in my first season as ITV’s lead commentator was incredible.

“As the clock ticked into the 90th minute of the biggest game of my television career, there had only been one goal and I’d called it wrong.