Source: Team_Talk
Mancini gutted by derby defeat
Sir Alex Ferguson could not hide his delight at Manchester United's win at Eastlands that City boss Roberto Mancini felt they did not deserve.[LNB] Paul Scholes celebrated the signing of a one-year extension to his contract with a dramatic stoppage-time winner to leave United just one point behind Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.[LNB]The Red Devils will be quietly confident of securing a record fourth successive title and Ferguson could not hide his delight at the result that gives them hope.[LNB]He said: "It was an amazing finish. We have three last-minute goals against them now (this season) but deserve it.[LNB]"We had the best chances but it did not look like anyone was going to win. The game became very open in the last 10 minutes.[LNB]"That gave us the chance to get players forward and there is none better at that than Scholes. I'd almost given up and thought it would be 0-0.[LNB]"You know with us it's happened so many times we score late and you always hope it will happen again.[LNB]"I decided to put Scholes a bit further forward and it paid off.[LNB]"No-one is better than him at ghosting into the box. There was no-one near him and it was a free header.[LNB]"He was man of the match today, he was wonderful, he's such a skilful player."[LNB]Scholes said: "I think we were the team pressing to try to score and fortunately we were lucky enough to win the game with not much time left.[LNB]"It's nice to win any game against City, and away from home especially."[LNB]With Wayne Rooney back after an ankle injury United carved out a number of chances but were unable to convert any of them until Scholes struck.[LNB]Ferguson, though, knows games are always there to be won.[LNB]He added: "We wanted to keep a clean sheet because we know if we get back to zero against it gives us a chance. One-nil wins have played a big part in our title wins and 1-0 today shows that's true.[LNB]"Derbies are derbies and the way we have won has given our supporters great excitement. To do it that way on City's own ground is a great result for us."[LNB]Mancini is still confident City can clinch a Champions League place after only their second home league defeat of the season - and one the Italian was sure they did not deserve to.[LNB]He said: "We did not deserve to lose this game. I am disappointed we lost it in the last second.[LNB]"Scholes scored a good goal but probably we should have paid more attention and not lost the ball.[LNB]"I am sorry for my players and the supporters but we played a good game. It does not change anything because we can still get fourth position.[LNB]"We have four difficult games left and the crucial one will be when we meet Tottenham at home (on May 5). We will fight until the end.[LNB]"We have been very unlucky against United and I think we have improved from the last time we met them. I always want to win but sometimes it is not possible."
