‘My dad always encouraged me to make my mark early. I was facing Tevez and decided to put a marker on him. It didn’t seem to bother him too much, though’ Liam Ridgewell recalls the tackle that left Sir Alex Ferguson fuming

Ridgewell chipped in with a few very handy goals for Blues.

It didn’t always take much to annoy Sir Alex Ferguson, as the sight of the former Manchester United manager berating opponents, referees and pretty much anyone else who crossed him is seared into the brain of anyone who watched football during the first 20 years of the Premier League.

Like all good managers, the Scot could be fiercely protective of his players and if he felt they had been wronged and if you dared to put in a big challenge on anyone in a Manchester United shirt, back in the day, he would let you know about.