Battle of the Buffet: Fabregas confesses to throwing pizza at Ferguson after Arsenal and Man United match

Cesc Fabregas, at long last, has confessed to throwing pizza at Sir Alex Ferguson in the infamous 'Battle of the Buffet' at Old Trafford in 2004 that ended Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten league run.

Manchester United claimed a 2-0 victory to rid the Gunners of their Invincibles title in a clash that was always going to be a tempestuous affair, as the home side sought revenge largely for Martin Keown's treatment of Ruud van Nistelrooy, following the striker's penalty miss, in the same fixture just over a year earlier.

Arsenal were seething with United's players and referee Mike Riley for a number of unprofessional fouls that went unpunished, and Fabregas failed to hide his fury in the tunnel at full-time as tempers boiled from both sides.

The Chelsea midfielder explained on Sky One's A League Of Their Own: "All of a sudden, I heard noises (from the tunnel) and I thought what's happening?

"So I go out with my slice of pizza and I saw Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown... everyone pushing each other.

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

Fabregas revealed that the pizza did hit Sir Alex in the face, but that wasn't quite his intention, adding: "I apologise Sir Alex, really didn't mean to do that!"