The final game of the 2006/07 season at Old Trafford saw two things – Manchester United crowned Premier League champions for the first time since May 2003 and West Ham United win 1-0 to survive.

The man who scored the winner for The Hammers, Carlos Tevez, would be pivotal in pre-season, with the Argentinian making the switch from Upton Park to Old Trafford. That changed how United lined up considerably, with Tevez and Rooney forming a devastating partnership upfront, complemented by cutting-in wingplay from an old master in Ryan Giggs on the left and young superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on the right.

With a formidable defensive base in Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic and Wes Brown, United employed two ‘quarter-back’ passers of such precision that other teams found it very hard to stop the flow of forward passes. As this video explains, United would let the opposition have the ball, but only in their own half.

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