Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hails his team’s performance against Chelsea
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed his team’s highly impressive performance and claimed that the Red Devils were the deserved winners in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 at Old Trafford.
Sir Alex Ferguson was impressed by Chelsea as well but insisted that Manchester United deserved to qualify for the semi-final as they played exceptional football in both legs.
Sir Alex said, “I think we played very, very well against a very, very good team. Chelsea played a big part in that game today and there were moments after they had gone down to ten men in the second half and still had a go so credit to them, but I thought
we were the better team on the night.”
Manchester United put up an almost flawless performance in both legs of the Champions League fixture to seal the berth for last four of the competition. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men were strong favourites to knock Chelsea out of the competition after having won
the first leg at Stamford Bridge.
The Red Devils entered the second leg against Chelsea at Old Trafford with a one-goal lead and started the match strongly. United doubled their advantage on aggregate after Javier Hernandez scored for the home side just before half time.
Chelsea’s aspirations of qualifying for the next round suffered a huge blow when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 managed to keep the Blues’ hopes alive with an outstanding goal from inside the box.
But once again, Manchester United bounced back in an emphatic fashion and within seconds, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Park-Ji-Sung-c29147 scored a goal to seal the victory for the Red Devils.
It was a great overall team effort from the Red Devils but Sir Alex Ferguson singled out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 for special praise who provided assists for both the United goals.
Sir Alex added, “He’s got great balance, composure and experience. Also, because they have so many more bigger players than us we had to have as many http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Big-Players-c38635 as we could that could still effect the game. When he have possession, Ryan can do that.”
Manchester United will now play German side Schalke 04 in the semi-final of the Champions League.
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