Berbatov: "Lagandan vann oss matchen"

Berbatov och det övriga laget såg ut att ha en dålig dag på jobbet innan man i den 72:a minuten vaknade till och påbörjade upphämtningen. Bulgaren stod själv för reduceringen - och vinstmålet i en otroligt intressant tillställning på Bloomfield Road där hemmalaget under långa tider var det bättre laget.

Ett varsitt mål av Berba och superinbytaren Chicharito , efter en underbar passning av Ryan Giggs utjämnade matchen, och i den 88:e minuten placerade den ostoppbara bulgaren in vinstmålet förbi en chanslös Richard Kingson.

"We are a team that believes that no matter how bad the game might be for us – whether it’s 1-0 or 2-0 we are always – we are always confident that if we can score one then we can score more. That was the case today.

We fought like a team, especially in the second half. The first half was not so good for us and Blackpool played a good game, but in the second half we showed spirit and we won.”

I första halvlek såg United mer ut som ett medelmåttigt amatörlag och hade tur enligt Berbatov att endast ligga under med 2-0. Laget lyfte sig dock så småningom efter pausvilan.

“You come here and it’s not such a friendly ground and the pitch is not as good as back home at Old Trafford, so it’s a bit difficult sometimes because the ball is jumping around,” he said, explaining a lacklustre first 45 minutes. Blackpool played a good game in the first half and scored some good goals – they could have scored more in the first half. But, lucky for us, it was only 2-0. In the dressing room at half-time we told ourselves, ‘we can do it, we can do it’. And we did.

Yes [the substitutions changed the game]. Giggs’s experience, his crossing of the ball and his intelligence made a difference. Chicharito is always going for goal; the only thing in his mind is to score. He proved that today. I scored a good goal as well, two actually, but it was the team spirit that won the game.”


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