Toon And Toffees Cost Man Utd The Title?

09 May 2012 11:07
Every single point counts in a football season ... but Sir Alex Ferguson can look at Newcastle Utd and Everton in his end of season postmortem. Did City win the title ... or did Utd blow it?

We handed Man City six points ... but took four off Man Utd.

And Everton produced the fight-back that put the final nail in Fergie's title coffin - the Premier League title was lost against Everton at Old Trafford.

United were leading 4-2 with seven minutes remaining but somehow contrived to concede two goals and drop two crucial points to their title-chasing rivals Manchester City.

Then, of course, there was Mancini's tactical change that snubbed out United in City's 1-0 win.

Sir Alex Ferguson: "In the end we just ran out of time, as Mancini made changes to give him five at the back.

"It's the Italian mentality - and maybe we should sometimes go down that road.

"We could certainly have done with bolting up the game against Everton. If we had done just a fraction of what City did, I would probably be saying quite a different thing.

"It is not in our nature to put up the shutters and I like to think that it is our attacking, adventurous approach that has made United famous.

"On balance it's a policy that has also served us well in terms of trophies. But if we lose the league this year there is no doubt the pivotal match was the 4-4 draw."

Source: FOOTYMAD