In the eyes of legendary coach Alex Ferguson, Man City is “an obnoxious noisy neighbor”. The Scottish strategist even has actions that make people see, he considers the green half of Manchester to be “the sworn enemy”.

Before the Manchester derby in the FA Cup final tomorrow night at Wembley, former MU defender Gary Neville told a story that happened in November 2002 that made him remember forever. That is what happened after the Red Devils were defeated by the host Man City with a score of 3-1.

“The loss to Man City made Alex Ferguson extremely angry. After the game, just as he was getting angry, Ruud van Nistelrooy went into the dressing room. Looks like he just swapped shirts for a Man City player. At that time, the blue shirt Van Nistelrooy was wearing got him excited,” Neville recalled.

Coach Ferguson immediately turned Van Nistelrooy into a place to vent. He shouted in rage: “How can you act so stupid? The shirt is mine, the club’s, not yours, so you can change it to whoever you want. From now on, I strictly forbid any shirt change.”

Although Van Nistelrooy was MU’s No. 1 scorer that season with 44 goals in all competitions, Sir Alex still struggled as usual: “You remember. No, you all remember. If I also see someone wearing a Man City shirt like this, that person is determined to leave MU immediately!”.

Ferguson may not like Liverpool, nor may he like Arsenal of colleague Arsene Wenger or Chelsea of “extravagant” Jose Mourinho, but no team has made him hate more than Man City. There have been many times when the Scottish strategist publicly called the Green Man a “noisy neighbor”.

There are many reasons why coach Ferguson hates Man City, not leaving them all. During nearly three decades sitting on the bench at Old Trafford, he was repeatedly made fun of by the blue half of Manchester.

So far, Sir Alex has not forgotten the 1-5 defeat of the home team against the “noisy neighbor” in 1989. Because of the defeat in that Manchester derby, MU’s fans at that time protested to demand Ferguson’s dismissal. . They unfurled placards and chanted in unison: “We’ve had to hear apologies for the past 3 years. How come it’s 4th year and it’s like a ‘shit’. Go away, Fergie!”.

Man City is also the team that caused Sir Alex to receive the heaviest defeat during his career leading MU. It was a 1-6 loss at Old Trafford in 2001. Later, when recalling, the legendary Scottish coach still affirmed that: “It was the worst game of my life. disappointed and did not dare to believe my eyes before what happened.”