Mancini gutted by derby defeat

Sir Alex Ferguson could not hide his delight at Manchester United's win at Eastlands that City boss Roberto Mancini felt they did not deserve. Paul Scholes celebrated the signing of a one-year extension to his contract with a dramatic stoppage-time winner to leave United just one point behind Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.The Red Devils will be quietly confident of securing a record fourth successive title and Ferguson could not hide his delight at the result that gives them hope.He said: "It was an amazing finish. We have three last-minute goals against them now (this season) but deserve it."We had the best chances but it did not look like anyone was going to win. The game became very open in the last 10 minutes."That gave us the chance to get players forward and there is none better at that than Scholes. I'd almost given up and thought it would be 0-0."You know with us it's happened so many times we score late and you always hope it will happen again."I decided to put Scholes a bit further forward and it paid off."No-one is better than him at ghosting into the box. There was no-one near him and it was a free header."He was man of the match today, he was wonderful, he's such a skilful player."Scholes said: "I think we were the team pressing to try to score and fortunately we were lucky enough to win the game with not much time left."It's nice to win any game against City, and away from home especially."With Wayne Rooney back after an ankle injury United carved out a number of chances but were unable to convert any of them until Scholes struck.Ferguson, though, knows games are always there to be won.He added: "We wanted to keep a clean sheet because we know if we get back to zero against it gives us a chance. One-nil wins have played a big part in our title wins and 1-0 today shows that's true."Derbies are derbies and the way we have won has given our supporters great excitement. To do it that way on City's own ground is a great result for us."Mancini is still confident City can clinch a Champions League place after only their second home league defeat of the season - and one the Italian was sure they did not deserve to.He said: "We did not deserve to lose this game. I am disappointed we lost it in the last second."Scholes scored a good goal but probably we should have paid more attention and not lost the ball."I am sorry for my players and the supporters but we played a good game. It does not change anything because we can still get fourth position."We have four difficult games left and the crucial one will be when we meet Tottenham at home (on May 5). We will fight until the end."We have been very unlucky against United and I think we have improved from the last time we met them. I always want to win but sometimes it is not possible."

Source: Team_Talk