The veteran tactician piled praise on his juvenile team, which was undone by Galatasaray in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 last night.
With progression to the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League stages all but secure, Sir Alex Ferguson allowed most of his senior players to rest as he opted for an average of 24 in his starting eleven.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexander-Büttner-c4818, Nick Powell and Rafael all were given starts in a bid to prove their mettle and for most the ninety minutes, the youngsters did not disappoint.
While the game had a slight amateurish touch on the field, United tried their best to carve out goal scoring opportunities with Javier Hernandez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Welbeck-c10233 leading the line.
The duo never really got into a good position in the opposition’s penalty box and thus the club was left reeling when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Burak-Yilmaz-c8206 headed home the opening goal of the night.
Darren Fletcher’s slack marking on the midfielder allowed him to rise above everyone and put a towering header past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anders-Lindegaard-c5553 into the top corner.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joshua-King-c19546 for his UEFA Champions League debut, but the Academy graduate was unable to provide the spark to change things around.
And at the end, the Red Devils lost three points, which mattered little considering that they had already topped the group.
Nonetheless, with fringe players getting vital game time, Ferguson was pleased with the eventual scoreline and claimed that at some moments United’s style of play was very promising for the future.
“Parts of the game were good, but we suffered at set pieces. We should have switched on and dealt with that ball. We had some good attacking play in the first half and, at that point, the only trouble they gave us was from outside the box. It was a very
competitive, good game."
"We handled it quite well throughout the match, but we have lost a goal from a corner. It is not surprising because of the strength they have there, but nonetheless to lose a goal from a corner kick is never easy to take,” the long-serving manager was quoted
as saying to the media after the game.
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