"As for Roy Evans, I'll stick up for him until the day I die. I think he was an excellent manager who was just unlucky to be in charge at the wrong time," said McManaman..
"It's all a load of rubbish when people say he was too nice. Under Roy we finished third, fourth and third. In this day and age that would be enough to secure qualification for the Champions League every season.
" We played some wonderful football at times under Roy," said McManaman. "We were a very attack-minded side and it was a very enjoyable time going to watch Liverpool then.
"Admittedly, we didn't win the league but we won the Coca Cola Cup and lost in the final of the FA Cup.
"It was unfortunate that we came across, at that time, a very good Manchester United team.
"It's like now, everyone is struggling to reach the heights of this wonderful Arsenal team."