Manchester United were drawn in Group A of the Champions League and will face games against Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Sociedad. Manchester City were drawn in group D and will face defending champions Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen. Both Manchester clubs will be relatively happy at the groups they were assigned. […]
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Fergie lost for words over Champions League exit
MAN UNITED 1, REAL MADRID 2 (Real Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate) Sir Alex Ferguson was so devastated by Manchester United’s controversial Champions League exit that he was lost for words and unable to attend the post match press conference. “We have a distraught dressing room and distraught manager which is why I am […]
Reds silence Spaniards
REAL MADRID 1, MAN UNITED 1 Danny Welbeck scored a crucial away goal as Manchester United gained a creditable 1-1 draw in the last-16 clash of the titans at Real Madrid. And it provides Sir Alex Ferguson’s side with a slight advantage for the return at Old Trafford early next month with the Reds’ manager […]
United set for Real Madrid test
The stage is set for the return to Old Trafford of Cristiano Ronaldo after Real Madrid were drawn against Manchester United in the last 16 knockout stage. Jose Mourinho’s Real have had an indifferent season so far with intense pressure from the Spanish media following an indifferent season while Barcelona have raced into a virtually […]
United thoughts on derby
MAN UNITED 0, CFR 1907 CLUJ 1. Manchester United’s thoughts were clearly elsewhere – on Sunday’s Manchester derby – as they completed their Champions League group phase with a disappointing home defeat against Cluj. With qualification to the knockout phase already assured, this was a dead rubber against the Romanian champions as far as the […]