Source: Team_Talk
Depleted United win Ferguson praise
Sir Alex Ferguson saluted his injury-ravaged Manchester United team for marking his 24th anniversary as manager with a 2-1 win over Wolves.[LNB] Park Ji-sung struck the winner two minutes into injury-time, just as it seemed United were about to lose more ground to Chelsea in the title race.[LNB]The South Korean's near-post effort gave United their sixth successive win and they head into Wednesday's Manchester derby at Eastlands in confident mood, even if their ranks are somewhat depleted.[LNB]"We have done really well to get a result," said Ferguson.[LNB]"You have to admire the perseverance of the team because we have done it so many times.[LNB]"But it was a long struggle today because we made so many changes."[LNB]Ferguson will have to conduct a body count on Monday before he can finalise his derby-day plans, although he cast doubt on the likelihood of Nani being fit after the Portugal winger suffered a groin injury against Bursaspor in midweek.[LNB]"The games are piling up," said the United boss.[LNB]"I don't think Nani will be fit on Wednesday but I hope Berbatov will be in to train on Monday."[LNB]As United can look ahead with tentative confidence, Wolves must now face up to a midweek meeting with Arsenal cursing their luck after suffering a second late defeat at Old Trafford in 11 days.[LNB]Typically, Mick McCarthy took rather a forceful view of the situation.[LNB]"That was harsh. Everyone knows we deserved something out of it," said McCarthy, whose side levelled Park's first-half strike through United old-boy Sylvan Ebanks-Blake midway through the second period.[LNB]"But we didn't get anything. Nowt. Diddly-squat.[LNB]"I could wax lyrical about the performance but I am not going to. We got nothing from the game. To do that after playing so well at Old Trafford could do some damage to us."
