Leverkusen had the luck - Fergie

Last updated : 01 May 2002 By Luke Thornhill
"I think in any game you need that bit of luck and there were four opportunities cleared off the line," said a disappointed Sir Alex.

"That's why we needed that little bit of luck, particularly with the last one with Diego Forlan's great lob and the defender has done fantastic to clear it.

"Leverkusen got that luck tonight with their equalising goal.

"That was the decisive moment right before half-time and it might have been more than the two minutes.

"It was the decisive feature and if we had gone in (at half-time) at 1-0 we would have won the game.

"For 15 minutes after half-time they showed the benefit of that luck and they showed the confidence of being rescued by that goal at half-time.

"We took 15 minutes to get going after that in the second half."