Rio Ferdinand brushes off controversy as Manchester United beat West Bromwich

01 January 2011 17:26
Rio Ferdinand believes the three points were all that mattered from the 2-1 victory over West Bromwich and not the performance.[LNB]Ferdinand conceded a penalty but saw his side go three points clear in the Barclays Premier League table thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney and Javier Fernandez.[LNB]Ferdinand told Sky: 'You've got to win games. I don't care how we win. The three points is all that counts.[LNB] Nothing doing: Referee Chris Foy sees nothing wrong in Neville's tackle on West Brom's Graham Dorrans[LNB]'You've got to dig deep in these games and these are the type of games you can make up a lot of ground in the league.'[LNB]Ferdinand added: 'Credit to West Brom, they played some good football. They are not scared to pass the ball around.'[LNB]Rooney opened the scoring when he headed in Patrice Evra's cross on three minutes but James Morrison equalised with a long-range shot.[LNB]United survived when referee Chris Foy turned down obvious Baggies penalty claims after Gary Neville sent Graham Dorrans flying.[LNB]West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie laterfired a penalty wide after Ferdinand had fouled Jerome Thomas. Hernandez secured the points when he headed in after 75 minutes.[LNB] Punishment: Ferdinand celebrates with Hernandez (right) after the Mexican's decisive goal[LNB]United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admitted his side had struggled against West Brom.[LNB]'It was a really tough game on a greasy pitch,' he said. 'It's a massive result for us today. Over the years we've had to battle out games and we have had to do that today.[LNB]'In the second half we started to play a bit better. We had to make changes with one or two injuries.'[LNB]Ferguson admitted he thought Neville had conceded a penalty, but only after he had seen the incident for a second time.[LNB]He said: 'I thought it was a penalty. I thought at the time Gary got it (the ball) but when I saw the replay he got the outside of the player's leg.'[LNB] West Bromwich 1 Manchester United 2: Hernandez nicks it but Baggies left fumingPREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: West Bromwich 1 Manchester United 2 - all the action as it happened at The Hawthorns WEST BROMWICH ALBION FC

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