The Scottish tactician says that the Frenchman had an emotional weekend at Old Trafford against Liverpool and therefore deserves a break from football at least for the tie in Amsterdam against Ajax in the Europa League...
Sir Alex Ferguson has come out and shed light on his decision to not take http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 to Holland with him as the Frenchman is resting back in Manchester at the moment.
United won their match against Liverpool at the weekend by two goals to one but the encounter was characterized by controversy right from the start when Suarez refused to shake Evra’s hand. In the half time break, both the set
of players clashes in the tunnel as well which was a cause of concern for the security officials at Old Trafford.
In the end, Manchester United got all three points and Kenny Dalglish and Suarez had to come out and apologize for their actions at Old Trafford amidst tremendous pressure from the owners at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 F.C.
Evra celebrated enthusiastically after the final whistle at Old Trafford and has gained respect from the Red Devils as a result but Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 left the veteran full back out of his squad for their Europa League tie against Ajax.
He said, "We have rested Patrice. It has been an emotional week for him and it is the right thing to do. We are all delighted that we have put the matter to an end. The two clubs have too much great history and great rivalry. That
is what we are going to concentrate on in the future.”
He added, "Both sets of supporters should be pleased and delighted that all we are going to talk about is who is going to win the game. Sometimes we will lose to Liverpool, sometimes we will win. But one thing you cannot take away
is that both of us need each other."
Sir Alex will hope that his team can put in an impressive performance against Ajax in the Europa League as he will want to test out some of his squad’s fringe players against the Dutch giants in Amsterdam in the first leg of their
knockout tie.
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