"It was a hard game, Newcastle put everything into the match, but I thought the football was excellent at times," said Ferguson. It was a bad goal to lose but the immediate reaction got us a penalty kick and at that point I couldn't see us losing. Winning today was good, coming here is very difficult. They're a very committed and passionate team, and their fans are fantastic." Shyeah right.
"I've got a great bunch of lads and today's result will do nothing but encourage them."