Who put the ball in the Germans net?

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer announced his decision to leave Manchester United last week to become manager of his home town club, Molde.

Always the consummate professional, Solskjaer spent fourteen years at the Premier League's number one club, scoring an impressive 126 goals.

Known as the "Baby-Faced Assassin" for his incredible knack of coming off the bench to put United ahead in the dying minutes, while managing to look no older than fifteen, Solskjaer scored two of my favourite United goals.

The first came in a pivotal F.A Cup 4th round match versus United's biggest rivals in 1999. Liverpool had been 1-0 up for 85 minutes, before Dwight Yorke levelled with two minutes remaining. Most teams would happily settle for the replay at this point. But not Manchester United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The ball fell to Ole in the box, who proceeded to smash the ball beyond David James into the bottom corner, winning the match. The goal gave the eleven year old me the opportunity to mock my liverpool supporting friends for weeks on end, for this I'll be forever grateful.

The second is infinitely more famous, coming "that night in Barcelona." Again, United are behind from an early goal, this time from Bayern Munich's Mario Basler.

The tone of the match was set, Bayern edged possession and chances. With all my young hope gone, United pushed forward into injury time, winning a corner. Beckham crossed it in, perhaps aiming for the goalkeeper Schmeichel. The ball was cleared and scuffed back in by Giggs, before being poked home by Teddy Sheringham.

There was only one outcome in this match now, United. Another corner was won, drifted in once again from Beckham. Headed down by Sheringham..... "and Solskjaer has won it!!!!!"

Ecstacy for United, one Baby Faced Assassin to thank for it.

I thank you Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, for giving me two of the greatest moments of my childhood.