The lower half, on the other hand, is having an existential crisis. Somehow the cosmic horror of the situation has reached Tevezs mouth well ahead of his eyes, and the mouths reaction was to send its tongue bulging outward, grotesquely suggestive of sights no mortal should ever see.

Rio Ferdinand, meanwhile, looks like someones stuck their hand up his bum.

How many of these moments are lost because the photographer was stationed a couple of feet in the wrong direction, or pressed a button a quarter-second late? The existence of this photograph implies the fleeting presence of hundreds of other of these jewels, each priceless in their own way and each lost to the fickle cruelty of perspective.

Peters work has held up remarkably well over that time better than Manchester United, at least. I wont suggest I think about this photo every day (or week), but it comes to mind more often than a photograph of a scuffle during a 0-0 derby really ought to. And 10 years later, it has the power to make me happy. I hope it made you happy too.

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