Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBEis a former Scottish football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is regarded by many players, managers and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 December 1941
CityGovan, Scotland
decision difficult meet name picked team time
This was not a decision we wanted to make. But every time I picked the team and Phil's name was not on the team sheet, it was very difficult for me. You couldn't meet a better professional.
names people advice
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
form forward great looking moment
We're in great form at the moment and looking forward to every match.
cannot close collect fair points stay today
I think today was probably a fair result. We cannot do anything about Chelsea, all we can do is concentrate on our own results. We have to collect as many points as we can and try to stay as close as possible.
far game played team
I will make some changes. I think I played the right team in the first game and it won't be far away from that team again.
game happy issues manchester player present pursue quite rather smaller talking united
I think they (FIFA) are quite happy to take up smaller issues, like talking about a player at Manchester United who is 19 years of age, rather than pursue the really important issues in the game at this present day,
chelsea opinion sensible throw title
I think the sensible opinion is that Chelsea have got the title as long as they don't throw it away.
against
Paul's had about 10 fouls against him but there were bookings (against him),
arsenal desire game great next showing win
The Arsenal game is a must-win one for us and we want to win it, that's the most important thing, ... Showing great desire will be important next week.
celtic early goal helped looked
I think that early goal helped Celtic a lot. We looked all right at times, but we need to make some changes.
achieve carry happens hold hopefully second whatever
We'll carry on and won't give up, but whatever happens it's important we hold on to second spot. Hopefully we can achieve that.
four half lucky second winning
We were lucky to be winning at halftime. But in the second half we could have scored four or five.
capable form league showing winning
We're capable of winning the league but we need to get the form that's capable of winning the league -- and we're not showing that at the moment.
ball gave good
We didn't play well enough in the first half, we gave the ball away too much and our last-third play wasn't good enough.