The Real Madrid manager was very humble with his words in the post-match conference at Old Trafford and stated that Manchester United were unlucky to get eliminated.
Real Madrid and Manchester United locked horns for the famous UEFA Champions League clash in the round of 16 of the tournament and the second leg of the highly anticipated affair saw hit by massive controversy.
The first leg in Madrid had ended 1-1 after a scintillating affair between the two sides.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 corner which came totally against the run of play.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-de-Gea-c10463 baffled and bewildered.
The score-line stayed intact and it was all to play for in the return leg at Old Trafford, scheduled a fort night after the entertaining first leg at the Bernabeu.
Things started brightly for the Old Trafford based outfit at their home soil as Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson’s shock decision to bench Wayne Rooney paid off, with his replacement Danny Welbeck causing all sorts of problems to the Madrid defence on the quick counter
attacks.
United finally took the lead early in the second half as Portuguese winger Nani forced and own goal from Real Madrid’s captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096.
The home side were well on top and were looking good value for their lead when a horrendous decision from the Turkish referee saw the face of the picture change dramatically.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Arbeloa-c5282 and was shown a straight red card.
The decision was highly un-expected and the whole team was taken with surprise.
Real Madrid made full use of the controversial decision and Jose Mourinho brought on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luka-Modric-c22857 to dictate things from the middle of the park.
The Croatian’s introduction changed things up instantly as he scored the first and with his presence, tings started to tick in the midfield.
Manchester United’s old boy Cristiano Ronaldo came back to haunt his sellers as he scored what proved to be the eventual winner within 3 minutes of restart.
United rallied much after the second goal but were denied the goal that would level things up at the aggregate for some fine goalkeeping from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Alves-c11071.
Madrid held onto the score-line and advanced to the last eight of the tournament.
Jose Mourinho was adamant that United were the better side and deserved to go through.
"Independent of the decision, the best team lost,"Mourinho told Sky Sports after the game.
United will now look to concentrate on the FA Cup and the English Premier League as hopes of the treble have certainly been buried.
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