Cesc Fabregas reveals he hit then Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson with a slice of pizza in 'Battle of the Buffet'

Rivalry | Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 in a fiery affair at Old Trafford in 2004
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Vaishali Bhardwaj4 October 2017

Cesc Fabregas has finally revealed it was him who infamously hit Sir Alex Ferguson with a slice of pizza at Old Trafford more than 10 years ago.

The incident occurred after Ferguson's United team had beaten Arsenal 2-0 in a fiery Premier League encounter at Old Trafford in October 2004, which ended the Gunners' 49-game unbeaten run.

The tension on the pitch then spilled into the players' tunnel following the clash - and ended in Ferguson being struck by a slice of pizza.

The then-United boss said afterwards he didn't see who had launched the pizza, which had been provided to the Arsenal away dressing room, but Fabregas was the suggested culprit after Ashley Cole revealed the player involved wasn't English or French.

Pizzagate | Cesc Fabregas playing for Arsenal in 2004
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Seven years later, former Arsenal defender Martin Keown then hinted it was Fabregas who had thrown the pizza at Ferguson - which the Chelsea midfielder has now confirmed.

When asked on an episode of A League Of Their Own, which will be aired this Thursday, whether he was indeed the culprit involved in the 'Battle of the Buffet', Fabregas replied: "Yes!"

He added: "Martin Keown is a liar because I saw him in front of me just, like, punching people. So he didn't see anything.

"All of a sudden, I heard noises and I thought what's happening? So I go out with my slice of pizza and I saw Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown... everyone pushing each other.

"I was like 'I want to get in but I don't know how to' and I threw...peeew...just threw it. Once I saw it was hitting, like, who it was hitting, which I didn't mean...

"I apologise Sir Alex, I really didn't mean to do that."

Watch the clip below to see the Spaniard get questioned about the infamous 'pizzagate' of 2004.

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