Gracious in title defeat
Man City manager Roberto Mancini celebrates winning the title with his backroom staf
The Reds won 1-0
at Sunderland thanks to Wayne Rooney’s first-half header but lost
the title on goal difference as Roberto Mancini's men came from behind
to beat ten-man QPR 3-2 courtesy of two stoppage-time goals by Edin
Dzeko and Sergio Aguero. Gracious in defeat, Sir Alex doffed his cap to
the local rivals and praised his own team for a professional job in
spite of immense pressure and distraction from the Etihad Stadium.
“I
would like to say on behalf of Manchester United, congratulations to
our neighbours,” Sir Alex said. “It is a fantastic achievement to win
the Premier League, it’s not easy to win, it’s the hardest league in the
world and anyone that wins it deserves it.
“We knew there were
five minutes of injury time being played there, one of our assistant
referees informed us of that. Our game only had three [added] minutes so
for two minutes [after our final whistle] we didn’t know that was
happening. Of course, they got the break and won the game.
“It was
a cruel way but we’ve experienced many ups and downs in the 25 years
that I’ve been here and most of them have been great moments. We have
won the league three times in the last five seasons and we nearly did it
again today.
“All we had to do, I said it before the ga
to put that to one side and concentrate on your own game, which I think we did pretty well.”
Not
one to panic, Sir Alex says the future looks bright for United after
his young squad pushed Manchester City to the final minute of the
season, despite suffering a plethora of injuries to key areas of the
team throughout the campaign.
“We take great credit from the fact
that we have had so many injuries this season and we’ve coped with that
very well. They are only young players, it was excellent for them.
“They’ve
experienced what has happened today and they’ll be around in five, six,
seven or ten years time for Manchester United. The experience is good
for them, even if it is a bad one.”
me to the
lads, was concentrate on our job because you are going to get certain
types of reaction from the fans - you saw that from our fans and from
Sunderland’s when City scored a third goal. You just have
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