Lauren: Why facing Giggs was unbelievable

May 4, 2020
Posted by Steven Tan | Source from Tribal Football
Former Arsenal defender Lauren has spoken of facing Manchester United great Ryan Giggs at his peak.
 
Lauren recalled sealing the 2000/01 title at Old Trafford.
 
"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 touch, so you could never guess his movement. I didn't want to anticipate, I didn't want to stay, so I was thinking 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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