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Evans at centre of Fergie's fury

19 Feb 2010 - 14:26:28

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Jonny Evans was forced to endure his infamous hair-dryer treatment at half-time during the midweek Champions League clash against AC Milan.

United were trailing 1-0 to the Rossoneri following Ronaldinho's early effort before eventually coming from behind to win the first leg of the last-16 tie 3-2.

Paul Scholes equalised before the break but United were fortunate not to be at least three goals behind at half-time, to Ferguson's fury.

He said: "I was just giving him (Evans) a bit of gentle advice. Our whole back four were going to get it, but he was unfortunate as he was the nearest defender to me.

"They had to compose themselves, that was the most important thing. After that, they settled and got very composed and got back to their normal game. The result was very different because of that.

"Coupled with the noise when they scored, it unnerved me and it unnerved my players.

"No matter how much experience you've got, you get drawn into that cauldron of noise, and to get through that really did take a lot of courage."