‘What Sergio Aguero did for Manchester City a couple of years ago was brilliant but nothing compared to the impact Michael Thomas had. ‘Every fan over the age of 35 remembers where they were that night,’ said Merson, playing that day for Arsenal and now a key Sky Sports pundit. I don’t even like watching my goal in case Ray Houghton tackles me.’Īs the Premier League seasons reaches another thrilling finale today, with Manchester City and Liverpool vying for the title before a massive audience watching Sky’s coverage, it is worth reflecting on the importance of that game - and that goal - in the revival of football’s place in the national consciousness. Thomas himself admitted: ‘I’ve never watched the whole game - I can’t. ‘A miracle’ is how Thomas’s team-mate Paul Merson remembers it. Thomas, right at the end,’ was how a disbelieving Brian Moore famously described it in his television commentary.
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