Source: Eurosport
Foster: It was deafening
Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster has admitted the noise in the Inonu Stadium in Istanbul on Tuesday night was so loud he "could not hear himself think", let alone communicate with his defenders.
The Red Devils emerged 1-0 victors from their opening Champions League Group B clash with Besiktas thanks to Paul Scholes' second-half header.
Even though only 32,000 were present, at times the stadium seemed as though it had been engulfed in a wall of noise.
"It was deafening," said the 26-year-old. "I have never played in an atmosphere like it. There was a point in the second half when the fans were chanting and I couldn't hear myself think.
"It is a bit of a frightening and disorientating experience. You cannot talk to your defenders and they cannot talk to each other.
"It is strange and hard. They were shouting things to me and but I just told them there was no point because I couldn't hear a thing."
