Paul Scholes has opened up on the day former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson 'went absolutely ballistic' with him at St James' Park.
In 2001/02, Scholes was part of the great Manchester United side who were downed 4-3 by Sir Bobby Robson's Newcastle at St James' Park.
The seven-goal thriller is one of the all-time classic matches in Premier League history and is best remembered for the flashpoint between Roy Keane and Alan Shearer that resulted in the Red Devils skipper being shown a red card.
But, surprisingly, it wasn't Keane who faced the 'hairdryer treatment' from Sir Alex Ferguson in the changing room at full-time.
Instead, it was Scholes who, despite his impact from the bench helping Manchester United level the game at 3-3, was lambasted by Ferguson for his role in the build-up to Shearer's dramatic winning goal.
"I didn't really like a b********g, to be honest with you," he told the Robbie Fowler podcast.
"Some do but I had a few. Some lads would say I didn't have any but I did have a few.
"I remember one at Newcastle and Newcastle were a really good team at the time. He left me out and I think we were 3-1 down and he brought me one with 20 minutes to go.
"We got it back to 3-3 and I am not saying it was anything to do with me but I made two chances and we scored two goals!
"Anyway, we are absolutely flying, creating chances and I tried a backflick on the halfway line and gave the ball away. They broke away and Shearer scored to make it 4-3.
"In the dressing room, I am walking in thinking: 'I've made a bit of a d**k of myself but I have made a couple of chances, probably should have scored and I did OK'.
"And he just went absolutely ballistic with me.
"'You'll never play for this club again,' and all that kind of stuff just because I had made that mistake on the half way line and I was never, ever one to answer back.
"People like Giggsy always answered back, Incey would always have a say and even Becks would say something back but I would never say anything back.
"But I just kept saying 'b******s'. He would be saying: 'You've had a f****g nightmare' and I kept saying 'b******s' to him.
"What was I doing? I was frightened to death of the man and never said a word to him but here I was just saying 'b******s' to him.
"I am sat on the coach thinking: 'This is it, I best look for another club here'.
"Monday morning he comes over and I think he is going to fine me two weeks wages but he said: 'I'm sorry. I do realise you made a difference in the game and what happened towards the end and after the game was a bit of an overreaction.'
"That was the quality of the manager. If he thought he had made a mistake he would quickly rectify it but obviously he didn't make many mistakes."
