The veteran manager claims that in the crucial part of the season, pressure and exhaustion can cause slip-ups, which was quite normal.
United travelled to Wigan in their last Premier League game and were given a run for their money, as the home side put out a stringent display to earn three points.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s men needed nothing other than a win to keep their hopes of top flight football alive next season and did just that after dominating proceedings at the DW Stadium for the majority of the ninety minutes.
Initially it looked like the Red Devils would stroll to a comfortable victory but things soon gave way to an onslaught of attacks from the Latics, who pushed United further and further into their own half.
The duo of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 looked like a shadow of his usual self.
Things were level at the break, but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shaun-Maloney-c33274 broke the deadlock in the 2nd half, after trying his luck from outside the box.
Although the Manchester outfit tried to come back into the game, they failed to do and Wigan deservedly earned their first win over the reigning Premier League champions.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson has now played down the defeat and claimed that slip-ups often happen at this phase of the season but the important bit was to recover from the loss.
"We have to put it in a bit of perspective. You drop points in the second half of the season. We have done it most years. There has been an odd year when we have gone on a long run without losing but a couple of years back we lost 4-1 to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and won
the league,” he said.
"You do drop points on the run-in. City and ourselves have both experienced that. But from the position we were in a few months ago, to where we are today, we have to be delighted. The great part of our club is that we do recover, and we have to recover
from Wednesday."
United play Aston Villa next at Old Trafford on Sunday.
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