FERGIE'S FURY

"We sat back after that early goal and we let ourselves down. The manager wasn't happy at half time because we sat back and allowed them to come on to us," said Phil.

"The manager said he thought we scored too early. When we did get possession we were too deep in our own half to counter attack against them. We changed things around a bit in the second half and we counter attacked better and created a number of chances.

"We took the initiative, we did take the ball to them and I thought we were the better side. At the back of your mind, though, is that at only 1-0 they could nick one and they did have a number of chances. It was a high quality Champions League game.

"It was very intense. Rangers played with a lot of passion and so did we. But there was a lot of quality on both sides.

"It was vital we got three points especially after Stuttgart. We let ourselves down in Germany and last night was all about getting the three points. There was an awful lot of pressure on us because the Battle of Britain thing put extra pressure on.

"The crowd kept both teams going right to the end. It was a fantastic advert for the British game."