Toon And Toffees Cost Man Utd The Title?

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