Ferguson efter matchen
Sir Alex hyllar naturligtvis Wayne Rooneys fantastiska vinstmål efter matchen, men hävdar samtidigt att City fortfarande är med i titelracet.
När City hade kvitterat kändes det som att gästerna tog över spelet mer och mer, men i den 77:e minuten tar matchhjälten oss till nya höjder. Ett obeskrivligt mål som till slut blir matchavgörande, och tre poäng i det viktiga derbyt. Ferguson var också nöjd efter matchen, och mycket kretsar givetvis kring vinstmålet.
“Wayne hit a volley against Newcastle some years ago that had the same ferocity and we’ve of course seen some excellent goals here, but in terms of execution you’ll never see any better.
I have to say it reminded me of him (Law) when it went in, but whether or not Denis hit them in with such ferocity I’m not so sure. It was unbelievable. I haven’t seen anything like it before, that’s for sure. It was absolutely stunning, unbelievable.”
Innan matchen hoppades också fansen på att det skulle bli en bättre tillställning än på COMS senast, och Sir Alex anser att gårdagens match var stundtals riktigt underhållande för publiken, men konstaterar att hemmalaget förtjänade att vinna.
“I thought City made a bright start and got behind Patrice Evra a couple of times with Toure and Silva, who caused us a bit of bother at times. But from the 15th minute onwards I felt we played some fantastic football.
The width in our game was terrific, Ryan Giggs had enough composure to take the ball in tight situations and Nani was threatening all the time, getting by players, shooting on goal and putting in some great crosses. I thought we deserved to be in front at half-time.
In the second half City made a change by bringing Wright-Phillips on which I think helped them on the right side of the pitch but nothing really bothered us. They got a lucky break when Dzeko’s shot deflected off Silva’s back and that moment gave them the impetus.
We decided to go for it and brought Berbatov on. He made a difference in the sense of his control and we had some really good chances to get that second goal. At 1-0 we had two fantastic chances to score but then came the winning goal from Rooney.”
Vinsten innebär att United nu ligger åtta poäng före City i tabellen, och dessutom med en match mindre spelad. Det känns som ett tryggt avstånd, men skotten hävdar ändå att man inte kan räkna bort Mancinis mannar från titelracet.
“They’re still in it. They are in the top four, they’ve got a big strong squad and they’ll win more games than you might think.
They want to be in the top four and that’s to our advantage to keep them in that.”
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