Manchester United's Antonio Valencia achieving Sir Alex Ferguson's goals
21 Oct 2009 - 22:03:04
The 24-year-old winger, a £17 million summer replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo, took his tally to two goals in as many games with the winner against Juande Ramos's team.
And United manager Ferguson believes that the Ecuadorean is grasping the challenge of playing for United following his arrival from Wigan.
Related ArticlesCSKA Moscow 0 Man Utd 1Ferguson storms out of press conferenceChampions League tablesChampions League actionChampions League fixturesSport on televisionFerguson said: "Valencia has been a plus point for the last few weeks. He is emerging very well, settling into the club, and his confidence is getting stronger.
"He has tremendous assets for a wide player, but the assets he didn't show at Wigan were his goals, where he would maybe only get three or four a season.
"This was his challenge when he signed for us. Two in two games will help him."
Victory enabled United to equal the record set by Ajax of 14 games unbeaten away from home in the Champions League.
Ferguson said: "I think we should be proud of that because it's not easy away from home in Europe. We have been to some fantastic places over the years, but there's a way of playing in Europe away from home, with maturity. You saw it tonight. We showed good patience and kept good possession."
Ferguson added: "We took Rio Ferdinand off as a precaution for Liverpool on Sunday, as was the case with Scholes."
