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Even at this point he could have cleared it or passed it back to Edwin Van Der Sar, but in hindsight we were already gone beyond the point of no return.
Torres had located himself into Vidic's cerebral cortex and was pulling all of the strings.
Crucially, Torres was also running really fast. He could smell blood. Vidic was flustered - more flustered than he had ever been in a United shirt. Roles reversed, Vidic was now the gazelle, legs shaking and heartbeat rising.
Realising the danger he now faced, Vidic made one last attempt to salvage the situation and, like in all of the best nature documentaries, it was now when Torres went for the kill.
Just as Vidic raised a quivering leg to clear it, Torres rose beautifully, getting a toe on the ball and finally gaining possession.
Torres was now through. This was bad enough for Vidic, but worse was to come.
The worse which came was the fall. A fall so bad that even a toddler learning to walk would have felt the shame. Vidic face-planted in his haste to chase Torres and, in doing so, left him free to do his bidding and score the equalising goal on the way to Liverpool winning 4-1.
In the end, the result didn't matter. Manchester United lost the match but won the league, despite their humiliation at Old Trafford. But for Vidic, things were never the same again. He remained a spectacular defender, but from that moment onwards Torres was a constant in his head.
Fernando Torres accomplished a lot in his career, but nothing like this. Anyone can win a trophy, but it takes something special to break a man. On this day that he called time on his 18-year career, no one will be happier than Nemanja Vidic.Football

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