The veteran manager claims that the defender was rested in order to prepare for the upcoming tie with Chelsea and that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282 deserved a pat on the back for a job well done in his stead.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to omit Rio Ferdinand from the starting line-up last night almost cost the Manchester giants three points at Old Trafford.
Ferdinand, being rested because of the visit to London on Sunday, spent his time watching from the sidelines, as United struggled to come cope with the attack minded http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Braga-c40460.
The Portuguese outfit, buoyed by the superb performance of captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 into an early lead that threatened to end badly for the hosts.
However, the Reds rallied swiftly and got their first major breakthrough with Javier Hernandez scoring a typical goal poacher’s effort. Defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonny-Evans-c19085 also pitched in with the equalizer, before the Mexican hit man fired his side into the lead after
the break.
While the club were comfortable in attack, they struggled to limit Braga’s frontline and the problem was only exacerbated by Ferdinand’s exclusion, a risky gamble by Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752, although it paid off in the end.
Fans and the media have questioned the Scot’s tactical change, but Fergie has backed his decision all the way and claimed that it was all done in keeping in mind the hectic fixture schedule for the upcoming weeks.
"I think we did the right thing [to rest http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 well. I think you have to look at the big picture with Rio’s age. We have a big game on Sunday against Chelsea,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 on the Saturday, we’ve a massive programme coming up now and it’s important to utilise the squad we have.”
Continuing, the former Aberdeen boss added that with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Smalling all out with various injuries, placing Carrick in the heart of the backline was indeed a very wise move.
"Okay, at the moment with Vidic out and Jones and Smalling not available, then putting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 back there in defence is not the best but he does his job well."
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