How ironic is it?
When a defender tries to defend off the pitch what he could not defend on it. That is what has happened with former Arsenal star Lauren saying that defending against Giggs was very difficult.
He was more often than not outdone by his opponent but there was this one time in 2001-02 when Arsenal won the league at Old Trafford. Lauren had finally managed to get the better of Giggs.
“I mean 2001/02 was unbelievable because finally, we won the league at Old Trafford,” Lauren told Arsenal’s ‘In Lockdown’ podcast. “I think in that game, in my opinion, it was one of the best games I played in as a defender because personally I was suffering a little bit because of Ryan Giggs.
“Giggs was unbelievable, he was one of the most intelligent players I played against because he knew the movement, he was always looking behind, he didn’t stand still, he was unpredictable.
“Sometimes he would go inside, sometimes he would go outside, sometimes he took on players, sometimes he played one touch, two touches, so you could never guess his movement. I didn’t want to anticipate, I didn’t want to stay, so I was thinking about how to stop this guy.
“I think when we finished that game it was one of my best games because I managed to find out how to cope in this position and I managed to cope against this top player.”
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