"What can I say about last night? All I can say is that I've never, ever been this happy in my entire career. How can I explain how important it was to win it at Old Trafford?

"Well, just over a year ago I sat on the bench and watched Arsenal get thumped 6-1 there. For all of us, those that played and those that didn't, that hurt. Now, we've gone there and won the Double. Marvellous.

"Look at the respect the Arsenal Double winners of 1971 and 1998 get. They're quite rightly legends in the game. To that we can now add the Double winners of 2002. This is my second Double – I'm absolutely ecstatic. I couldn't be more happy than I am today.

"I'm already looking forward to next season. Make no mistake, this is just the start of something very big in English football. The power has begun to tilt to us, now we want to keep it and go on to dominate English and European football."

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