Manchester United vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers

Red_Jamie said:
What a let off.

Fergie insisting on resting some of our best players almost cost us again there. I can't understand why he doesn't put out a stronger line-up and then bring off the players he wants to use in the next games once we're ahead.

That was a terrible performance. Bebe in particular, i'm sorry to say, was nothing short of pathetic. Hopefully this we be a lesson learned from Fergie and he'll stop putting poor starting line-ups out against teams when it's vital we win.
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I think there may be more to it than meets they eye, it doesn't sound like a simple case of resting players when you read fergies after game comment.


"We have done this so many times. You simply have to admire [my players'] perseverance," said Ferguson . "It was a long struggle today. We had to make so many changes. Some were playing with touches of flu, others with diarrhoea. In the first half, Wolves were the better team; they played very well. This morning we had to do checks on Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes and Nemanja Vidic, who all felt under the weather. But we took gambles because that's what we do."
 
Fergie praises fighting spirit
Manager pleased with Red Devils' perseverance

Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed the 'never say die' spirit of Manchester United following their late win over Wolves.

South Korea international Ji-sung Park was the hero for the Red Devils at Old Trafford as he notched the game-winner deep into injury time to seal a 2-1 victory after also scoring the opener.

Ferguson was full of praise for his side's resilience after they managed to snatch the crucial three points.

"We've done it so many times and you have to admire the perseverance of the team, the never say die (spirit)," The manager told MUTV.

"It was a long struggle. Given the changes I had to make, trying to get the continuity of performance was difficult today.

"I thought Wolves were the better team in the first half, they played very well but we got a great goal right on half-time and I thought that would settle us. In the second half we were the better team. We lost a bad goal on our part but went on to get a late winner."
Virus

Ferguson feels his side did particularly well given some of his players were not fully fit after a virus swept through the United camp this week.

"Some players played with touches of flu and others with diarrhoea, so we've done really well to get a result," he said.

"This morning we had to check on Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes and Nemanja Vidic, they were all under the weather.

"Nemanja in particular did well to play in that game, Patrice battled on and I was only going to use Paul if I needed to. I did need to and he did well."

Ferguson was full of praise for man of the moment Park, whose clinical goals came at crucial times.

"Right on half-time and right on the final whistle are amazing times to score," he added.

"But Ji's in great form actually, he's been one of our best players in recent weeks. It was another really good performance from him today."

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One positive thing that certainly came out of this game was the fact that we managed to score late in the game again.

In order to have a chance to win things, we certainly more of these type of goals.
 
Claymore said:
It's a brilliant feeling when you score a late goal to take the points and the look on mcCarthy's face when EB equalised makes it even better.
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Mick was pretty pleased with himself when ebanks-blake scored.
 
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