Van Hooijdonk, brought on late in the game to add some aerial power, leaped to head home a Phillip Cocu cross in the 81st and De Boer picked up his second three minutes into injury time, beating two defenders and chipping over the keeper after Van Hooijdonk won the ball in the air.
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He began his career as a left-half before the emergence of Duncan Edwards in this position, when he switched to the forward positions, but the Manchester United manager Matt Busby recognised his intelligent positioning sense and aerial power and chose to play him at centre-half by the Aston Villa's goals as United lost 2-1.