Giggs has proved himself one of United's greatest players ever over the last decade but the sight of Liverpool being given the trophy he lifted himself in 1999 to actually keep was just too much for him.
"I didn't buy a paper for a week," sighed Giggs, when asked about Liverpool's glorious comeback against AC Milan. "I didn't watch the TV or buy a paper. It was unbelievable. You don't like to say it, but you have to give them credit for coming back from 3-0 down. To be honest, I don't like to think about it."
While United have enjoyed the upper hand domestically over Liverpool since the Premiership started, Giggs still admits that it's Liverpool and not Chelsea or Arsenal who remain the club's true rivals.
"For a Manchester United player, going to Anfield is still the biggest
test. We have Chelsea and Arsenal, which are huge matches in their own right but there is something different about Liverpool. There is this fierce rivalry and the history of the two clubs. It is the
one game in a season where you have to handle the pressure and everything else that goes around the game.
"The rivalry has been intense for as long as I can remember.Thirty years ago, they had the best of everything; the European Cups, the
league titles, the best players and the best team. Since the Premiership started those roles have been reversed, which has just increased the passion."