UEFA Champions League 2018-19: Can Ole Gunnar Solskjaer repeat his Camp Nou heroics from 20 years ago?

The date was 26 May 1999. The packed crowd in Camp Nou was getting ready to see Bayern Munich lift the Champions League trophy.
Bayern were leading 1-0 after 90 minutes of regulation time. The German team were three minutes away from holding Europe's biggest football prize. But Manchester United had other plans.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 1999 UEFA Champions League Final
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