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Patient United please Fergie

12 Nov 2008 - 07:43:03

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Sir Alex Ferguson praised the patience of his much-changed Manchester United side after they edged out QPR to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

Carlos Tevez's 76th minute penalty was the decisive moment in Tuesday's fourth round tie at Old Trafford.

Teenage substitute Danny Welbeck won the spot-kick, while the likes of Rodrigo Possebon, Rafael Da Silva and Darron Gibson were also given first-team run-outs against Championship opposition.

"The conditions made things a bit difficult in terms of the ball coming off the surface quickly, but I think we controlled that part well," Ferguson told MUTV.

"We played with good patience and good speed and stretched them really well.

"QPR haven't lost a lot of goals recently and they defended very well as we expected. So it was always going to be tough.

"But overall I'm very pleased by the attitude of the players. They worked very hard and we're all delighted to get through.

"We're used to teams coming here and defending. But what we did well was making sure we had them on the edge of their box for most of the game.

"It was just a matter of opening up and getting the first chance, which proved difficult to begin with."