Beckham wrangles young pitch invader at Neville testimonial

Davey Becks skipped an L.A. Galaxy league match to play in best friend Gary Neville's testimonial against Juventus at Old Trafford on Tuesday. The mere fact that he was back at his former home and wearing a Manchester United shirt for the first time since 2003 was, of course, more than enough to gobble up the spotlight that was supposed to be on the retiring Neville (but was actually going to be on scandal subject Ryan Giggs). And as if putting in a fine performance and playing the full 90 minutes while prompting giddy chants of "Fergie sign him up" wasn't enough, Davey even played the part of security enforcer by catching a young pitch invader late in the second half.

Becks was preparing to take a corner kick when a couple of kids attempted their invasion. One was caught right away while the other fulfilled his desire to waste everyone's time by scampering around the pitch and evading a trio of stewards. Becks, meanwhile, just stood with his hands on his hips, waiting for his superior gravitational pull to attract the kid to him and when it did, he wrapped him up with a bear hug.

From there, the herd of stewards took over and moved to expel the two kids from the stadium as Davey made a point to argue that they should be let go and showed his displeasure when they weren't. He then struck his corner kick and carried on being the one and only Davey Becks.

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