What age was Giggs in that season? 18? He was still contributing as little as 4 years ago, I know he had a long career but putting it in context is a little mind blowing, even after watching all of it.
Different era of the game, most games were closer to equal contests that what we see now. Rare to see teams just set up to defend the box maybe the bottom few teams but the rest were more willing to take the better teams on, which is one of the reasons that Utd team were so devastating on the counter. Great fun to watch, but I don't think they ever would have been good enough defensively to win the CL. Parker/Bruce/Pallister/Irwin, all good player but Irwin but was the only one close to world class of that group. Having said that Utd won it in 99 with a poor defensive record so who knows.