The tactician was quite pleased after his side picked up a narrow win against West Ham last night, although they struggled to kill off the Hammers in the second half.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 ensured a perfect start with a goal inside 33 seconds.
The Dutchman skilfully got the ball past West Ham defenders with one swing of his left foot and then via a lucky deflection, chipped onrushing goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jussi-Jääskeläinen-c20137.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 and Javier Hernandez adding another dimension to the line-up, it was expected that the duo would eventually find the back of the net and secure the win for the 19-time English champions before the break.
However, despite their considerable talents, the Reds went into the break with a solitary goal and looked fragile in the remaining 45 minutes.
The Londoners put in a good shift and tried to trouble the opposing defence, but a combination of superb defending from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonny-Evans-c19085 and a lacklustre approach from Andy Carroll eventually saw the hosts come out on top at the end of the ninety minutes.
While it was not the most convincing of victories, Sir Alex remained content with three points and had nothing but praise for his players, who had given their best on the field.
"West Ham are renowned for making it difficult for you - they're a very dogged team to break down - but we got a great start and I thought from there we could have pushed on. Some of our football was very good at times but we never finished them off,” he
said.
"I thought http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Smalling did very well, having just come into the team after a long absence with injury. Jonny Evans was magnificent and Rafael Da Silva was fantastic, absolutely terrific. So we do have plus points tonight, particularly defending. You have
to against them because you have to against them because they're such a handful,” Sir Alex was quoted as saying while speaking to the media after the game.
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