The Scot claims that his young team played well against the Romanian champions although the end result did not go in their favour.
Manchester United walked out at Old Trafford last night knowing that no matter what the outcome, their berth in the knock-out rounds of the UEFA Champions League was sealed.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-Cleverley-c35218 in midfield.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CFR-Cluj-c38778 had everything to play for and looked to join the Manchester giants in the latter stages.
The travelling midfielders were in impressive form, particularly Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-c4309, who netted the only goal of the night with scintillating effort in the second half.
United tried to fight their way back, but Rooney’s chipped effort and Javier Hernandez’s cross for Smalling never found their way to the back of the net.
Ferguson was ready to handle such a result, but for Cluj, it was a moment to savour, although they failed to qualify after other matches did not go their way.
Powell and Welbeck were most impressive and Fergie had some special praise for them after the conclusion of the ninety minutes.
“Young (Nick) Powell did well, 18 years of age, and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903, it was an excellent game for him tonight - only his second game in about nine months - so I'm very pleased with that part of it. We put a young side out, we did well at times on a pitch that was a bit dead, it had frost on it, so I'm satisfied we put a decent performance in,” he said.
Continuing, he added that his troops had performed well, but the goal they conceded was of the highest quality and the goalkeeper could not have done anything to prevent that.
“It was a wonder goal that beat us. Didn’t deserve that, we had a lot of good chances but I've got no complaints,” said the wily tactician while speaking to the media after the game.
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