The Fiver | Graeme Le Saux lost a unanimous points decision

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The English have had their fair share of forgettable days in Big Cup. Sir Alex Ferguson’s first great Manchester United side were trounced 4-0 in 1994 by Romário, Hristo Stoichkov and Albert Ferrer. In 1966, Liverpool were humiliated 5-1 by Ajax in an Amsterdam pea-souper so thick Bill Shankly was able to race on to the pitch mid-game and give his players beneficial advice and a good hard clip round the lug. And on one cold Moscovian night in 1995, Graeme Le Saux lost a unanimous points decision 118-109, 118-109, 118-110. Blackburn went down 3-0 to Spartak that evening as well. What a show everyone made of themselves.

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