The line was uttered by the former Liverpool star on Match of the Day in 1995 about Alex Ferguson's young side - and would come back to haunt him
It's hard for Premier League fans to remember a time before Manchester United became the dominant force in English football under Sir Alex Ferguson a quarter of a century ago.
The Scotsman, who led the club between 1986 and 2013 for a record 26-year spell, guided them to their first top-flight title in almost three decades during the first season of the Premier League in 1993, and followed it up with a second crown a year later.