Ferguson targets 19th title

17 May 2009 12:27
Sir Alex Ferguson is delighted to have presided over Manchester United's 18th league title - but number 19 is the one he really wants. After vowing to "knock Liverpool off their perch" when he first headed south from Aberdeen in 1986, Ferguson is now just one league championship away from doing just that. A goalless draw with Arsenal was enough to ensure United completed a hat-trick of Premier League title triumphs, but the champagne corks had not stopped popping in an ecstatic home dressing room when their notoriously driven manager delivered his ominous warning to Liverpool counterpart Rafael Benitez. "The great challenge now is to try to win it next year because that would be something special. It would be a 19th league and give us a special place in the club's history. "I'm already thinking about next year. You have to do it here. There is nothing else for it. You just drive on. "I do take a lot of pride from equalling Liverpool. When I came down here they were the top guns. My job was to try to change that. But I never thought we could get 11 titles - never in a million years."

Source: Eurosport