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He got his 2006-2007 [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] campaign off to a good start, scoring two goals in United's 3-2 win against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. He also scored against [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] in the Champions League.
In the next Champions League fixture against Celtic at [[Celtic Park|Parkhead]], Saha missed a crucial penalty in the 89th minute to draw the game 1-1. He said that "1000 'sorry's" was not enough to apologise to the Manchester United fans. He made up for his mistake by scoring a clever 20 yard goal against league rivals and reigning [[FA Premier League|Premiership]] champions [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. He further proved his worth by scoring a successful bottom-left of goal penalty against [[Middlesbrough F.C.]], and notching the crucial 2nd goal in the [[Manchester derby]] taking his tally to 8 league goals. This took his overall Premiership goal tally to 50, equalling the feat achieved by Wayne Rooney 39 minutes earlier. He has now achieved a degree of popularity with fans. Chants of 'Knowing me, knowing you -- Sahaaa!' to the tune of the [[ABBA]] song of a similar name, have been heard in Salford pubs.
Saha signed an extension to his contract at Manchester United F.C. on 20th December 2006, tying him to the English Premiership club until 2010.
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