Manchester United Were Lucky

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 23: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers shakes hands with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson after the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield on September 23, 2012 in Liverpool, England.

Old Traf­ford boss Sir Alex Fer­guson has admit­ted that his Manchester United team were for­tu­nate to take all three points against long­time adversar­ies Liv­er­pool at Anfield Road on Sunday. Manchester United came from behind to win the derby encounter with Liv­er­pool by 2–1 cour­tesy of goals from Rafaeal da Silva and Robin van Persie.

The vic­tory was Manchester United´s first tri­umph against Liv­er­pool at Anfield Road since Decem­ber 2007. After over­com­ing Brendan Rodgers´s side, Manchester United moved within a point of lead­ers Chelsea in the Premier League title race.

Sir Alex Fer­guson:

“We were very poor. Liv­er­pool dom­in­ated the first half and we were lucky. In the second half we had bet­ter stat­ist­ics in terms of pos­ses­sion but we were play­ing against ten men so that was dis­ap­point­ing. It’s been the same the last four years when we’ve come here, so we’re pleased with the res­ult but not the per­form­ance. I expect bet­ter of them.”