{"id":424185,"date":"2011-05-15T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/15\/manchester-uniteds-ryan-giggs-first-premier-league-triumph-was-better-than-surpassing-liverpools-title-record\/"},"modified":"2011-05-15T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T10:30:00","slug":"manchester-uniteds-ryan-giggs-first-premier-league-triumph-was-better-than-surpassing-liverpools-title-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/15\/manchester-uniteds-ryan-giggs-first-premier-league-triumph-was-better-than-surpassing-liverpools-title-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United&#8217;s Ryan Giggs: First Premier League triumph was better than surpassing Liverpool&#8217;s title record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>15 May 2011 11:30:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.044853364\">\n<div readability=\"13.0508474576\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ryan Giggs, Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/126000\/126094_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ryan Giggs, Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"28.9517819706\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/1947\/ryan-giggs\">Ryan Giggs<\/a> insists that his first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> triumph meant more to him than surpassing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a>&#8216;s title record.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils veteran has won 12 Premier League titles in his career and is the most decorated player in the history of English football.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old has been an integral part of the club&#8217;s successful quest to surpass Liverpool&#8217;s record of 18 top-flight titles, and started in the 1-1 draw to secure the Premier League away to Blackburn on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Now the experienced Welshman insists that his first taste of success in the Premier League remains the best so far, whilst hailing manager Sir Alex Ferguson for his accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To overhaul Liverpool is an incredible achievement by the players and further testament, if any was needed, to what a great \u00admanager Sir Alex Ferguson is,&#8221; Giggs told <em>The Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I still think the first title in 1993 had more significance. To wait 26 years to win it was far too long for a club like \u00adUnited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And there was no doubt the pressure to secure it was \u00adunbearable at times and became a millstone around the players\u2019 necks. I think your first title is always special, it certainly was for me. I had grown up watching the great Liverpool sides dominate domestic and European football in the 70s and 80s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite all the rivalry between the two clubs you couldn\u2019t argue with their success. At the time \u00adno-one could live with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/15\/2487294\/manchester-uniteds-ryan-giggs-first-premier-league-triumph\" title=\"Manchester United's Ryan Giggs: First Premier League triumph was better than surpassing Liverpool's title record\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United&#8217;s Ryan Giggs: First Premier League triumph was better than surpassing Liverpool&#8217;s title record<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 15 May 2011 11:30:00 Ryan Giggs, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs insists that his first Premier League triumph meant more to him than surpassing Liverpool &#8216;s title record. 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