FA Cup: Giggs relives moment he tore Arsenal apart after 21 years

After 21 years of what many appeared to be a magical night in the history of the English FA Cup, Manchester United's legend, Ryan Giggs, relives the moment he destroyed Arsenal in the FA Cup.

United defeated the Gunners 2-1 and went on to win the FA Cup as well as the Premier League and Uefa Champions League to make a memorable treble season.

April 14, 1999, was one night to remember for Ryan and all United fans but most especially, a sad memory for Arsenal fans.

In an interview with Sky Sports, The Welshman strolled back memory lane to celebrate 21 years of his legendary goal against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final replay in 1999.

Giggs told Sky Sports: "I'd come off the bench, and I was having a bit of a nightmare, actually! I gave the ball away a couple of times, and I said to myself, 'Ryan, next time you get the ball, have a dribble'. At that time, we were down to 10 men, and I was just going to run at the defence.

"It was one of those times which happens in your career when it was purely instinctive. I had nothing in my mind... it was just a case of running with the ball and beating the player in front of me.

"The next thing I knew, I was in the box, and I just decided to shoot. Scholesy was actually free inside the box... he was screaming at me to square it, but I didn't even see him. It was just instinctive - normally, I'd see the player free inside the box, but I just thought of shooting.

"If you look back at the goal, once there's two defenders, it can be better for me because they were relying on the other to tackle me. None of them actually committed, whereas if it was just Patrick Vieira on his own, he'd have probably taken me out. He saw Lee Dixon was in front of me and must have thought his team had it covered.

"It was also extra time, so perhaps Patrick was tired whereas had it been in the first few minutes, he'd have taken me out without a second thought."

"It's probably half and half!" he added. "I press stop as soon as the ball hits the net, I don't want to see that celebration! But it was only a few years ago when Scholesy mentioned it during a Q&A. Scholesy went to take his top off, and that would've got me out of jail!

Speaking on The Football Show, Ryan Giggs admits he is still too embarrassed to watch his iconic shirtless celebration against Arsenal.

"Instead of seeing my hairy chest, you'd have seen Scholesy's white chest running after me, so that would've got me out of jail.

"It was a celebration I'd never done before and have never done since. I'd been pretty boring with my previous celebrations with just one hand up running off, but it was just how big a game it was and the emotions were riding high. It had a lot to do with the rivalry we had with Arsenal."