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“BRUCEY HAS ME TO THANK FOR SCORING SO MANY GOALS AT UNITED. I WAS HIS DECOY!”

THE PLAYERS LOUNGE

GARY PALLISTER • LUCAS LEIVA • STEVE STONE • TOMASZ RADZINSKI

You and Steve Bruce formed one of the best central defensive partnerships in Premier League history. Why did he score three times as many goals as you did?

Because I was his decoy! I was the tallest player in that Manchester United team and opponents always stuck the big fella on the big fella. I’d be on the near post, or I’d run my marker all of the way in, then Brucey got all of the glory. It’s funny, though, because as a kid I was a centre-forward, loved scoring goals, and never in my wildest dreams

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