The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 star claims that the Red Devils need to buck up their defence or risk losing out on the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League.
Against Tottenham on the weekend, it was apparent that Manchester United’s defence was no longer the behemoth it once was. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550 may have been the world’s best centre-back only a few seasons ago, but he can no longer be relied upon to lead the side
after an injury prone spell on the sidelines.
Furthermore, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903 still have some time to go before they can call themselves first-choice starters.
United have struggled to maintain a solid defence in the last few weeks and they were helpless last night in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CFR-Cluj-c38778 threatened to take away three points after picking up the win early on.
While the Reds were eventually able to prevent a defeat through Robin Van Persie’s brace, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 claims that they must improve their backline, if they are to stand a chance of winning silverware this term.
Speaking to reporters, the forward claimed that the team did not enjoy conceding first and that they had to sort out their defensive problems as it could become a major problem during the entire season.
“It does bother us having to come from behind because we are losing those early goals. It is not nice and it is something that we have to stop because we cannot afford to keep letting teams get a head start on us, especially in the Champions League because
it is difficult to win the game anyway. We have to make sure we are more solid and hopefully we can be in future games."
While the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson was impressed by what he saw and added that Rooney played a major part in securing the win.
"The second goal was fantastic. It was a great ball from Wayne. I thought he had hit it too far in front of him. But the speed to get to the ball and his deftness of touch were fantastic,” the tactician was quoted as saying.
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