United Silenced Noisy City But Defensive Errors Spoiled The Victory

Monday, 21 September 09, 03:04 AM · Comments (2)

Sir Alex Ferguson describes Manchester United vs Manchester City as one of the greatest derbies of all time and is thrilled because United's victory silenced City.

"For us it's unusual to accept that they're top dogs in terms of media attention."

"But sometimes you have a noisy neighbour and you have to live with it. You can't do anything about them, they keep making noise, but what you can do as we showed today is you can get on with your life. Put your television on and turn it up a bit louder!"

Nonetheless, Sir Alex is unhappy with the way his defence allowed City to come from behind three times.

"At the end of the day we've had a fantastic performance. But we made three horrendous mistakes, mistakes you don't even half-associate with our team, and it kept them in the game."

"I am unhappy, because the mistakes spoiled a really emphatic victory. We could have won 6-0 or 7-0 today, and the fact we made those mistakes made it probably the best derby game of all time. You're left pondering what you'd rather have, win 6-0 or win the greatest derby game of all time. I'd rather win 6-0!"

"Every time we scored, we made a mistake and let them back in the game. If you do that you can end up losing the match. Fortunately we've got the break. Michael Owen scored a fantastic winning goal, and we deservedly won the game."

"Michael was only on for something like 17 minutes. He was the best man to be on there when the game is going to be in their penalty box. There is no-one better at taking chances. His positional play, first touch and finish were absolutely superb. World class."

"As far as the players are concerned, today they showed their playing power. Second half, we were outstanding, absolutely magnificent."

"I've got to cling onto that performance as the real playing power of Manchester United, and that's the best answer of all."

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