After more than 10 years of mystery Cesc Fabregas finally admitted to being the man who threw a slice of pizza at Sir Alex Ferguson.

The famous incident occurred following Manchester United's 2-0 2004 victory over Arsenal.

Fergie's side had just put an end to Arsene Wenger's 49-game unbeaten streak and tempers flared in the tunnel.

"I heard noises and I thought what's happening?" said Fabregas on Thursday's episode of A League of Their Own. "So I go out with my slice of pizza and I saw Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown... everyone pushing each other.

Cesc revealed all on A League of Their Own

"I was like I want to get in but I don't know how to and I threw, just threw it. Once I saw it was hitting, like, who it was hitting, which I didn't mean…"

Fabregas added that he had also seen Keown "punching people" during the chaos.

However, the former Gunners defender has come out and disputed those claims.

Arsenal were rocked by the defeat (
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Ferguson's smile was short-lived (
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Keown told MailOnline: "Sorry Cesc, I wasn’t at Old Trafford when you flung the pizza at Sir Alex Ferguson... but I wish I had been!"

The ex-England star had already left Arsenal for Leicester.

Martin Keown loved a game against Manchester United (
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Keown insists there was always an underlying respect between the two clubs (
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Keown addded: "In the 801 games I played for club and country I only saw punches thrown in the tunnel on two or three occasions — and one of them was during a game between Arsenal and United.

"But when I look back, there was always a level of respect between us. United beat us in the FA Cup semi-final in 2004, six months after I had clashed with Ruud van Nistelrooy at Old Trafford."

A League of Their Own continues Thursday, 9pm, Sky 1.

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