BLACKBURN: Sir Alex Ferguson described Antonio Valencia’s late winning goal as typifying Manchester United’s history after the defending champions beat Blackburn Rovers to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
“Coming so late in the game, it is an important goal,” Ferguson told Sky Sports. “It typifies the history of the club. If you don’t try to shoot, you’re never going to find out if you can score like that. “There was amazing power on it. It could have been a cross, could have been a shot, but it doesn’t matter. There was great power [on the attempt].”
Sir Alex felt that for all of the possession his team had enjoyed, they had struggled to really test Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson.
“It was a long night,” he admitted. “We just had to persevere and we got our rewards for it. We weren’t really creating any clear-cut chances – Wayne [Rooney] had a good free kick saved by the goalkeeper, and there was a lot of great crosses by Antonio that weren’t finished off.” (Agencies)