Sir Alex nöjd med oavgjort
Efter en perfekt start i ligaspelet fick United nöja sig med ett oavgjort resultat i Portugal. Ferguson var dock tämligen nöjd efter en svårspelad bortamatch mot Benfica.
Oscar Cardozo gav hemmalaget ledningen, men Ryan Giggs kvitterade strax innan paus med ett fint skott utanför straffområdet. På förhand ansåg många matchen vara den svåraste i gruppen för United, och således är oavgjort inget dåligt resultat. Även Sir Alex var nöjd med slutresultatet.
"We went 1-0 down and coming back was a good part of the game for us. I thought we played very well for the first half an hour of the second-half and maybe we should have finished it then.
But in the last 15 minutes I think Benfica came into it a bit and Anders (Lindegaard) made one or two terrific saves to keep us in it. We had one or two chances ourselves but I think a draw was a fair result.
You’ve got to expect a tough game with Benfica and one of contrast. When they had possession they did well and when we had it, we played well. That’s what good teams can do. It was that type of match and both teams played their part.”
I de unga spelarnas framfart har det äldre gardet blivit i skuggan, men på onsdagskvällen hade Ferguson chansen att använda dem.
“Most of them have had good game time. Ji-Sung Park and Michael Carrick had a full game. Antonio Valencia and Darren Fletcher both played a good part of the game, as did young Fabio.
We needed that because we have important times coming up in the Champions League, the Carling Cup, and the Premier League.”
Avslutningsvis satte han lite fokus på den kommande tungviktskampen på Old Trafford på söndag.
“David De Gea will play on Sunday. That was the understanding we had before the Benfica game and it doesn’t change.
“We gave Ashley Young a rest tonight as I felt he needed a little break after the two games he played for England and the one for us at Bolton. He is new to the club and obviously every game is massive for him here, so he’ll be nice and fresh for Sunday.”
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