"We seem to take one step forward and then two back. Gabriel Heinze came in last week yet at the same time we lost Gary Neville for a month. The luck is not with us at the moment, but I guess it evens itself out over the course of the season."
Ferguson will be looking to keep a clean sheet tonight:
"We always go out to try and win the game but it is definitely important you do not concede goals away from home, that's for sure. We lost two bad goals at Bolton at the weekend, and I hope the message has got through to the players that it is very important to keep a clean sheet. It gives the team confidence to go forward. Every year we go into this tournament hoping and trying to win it. We've only managed it once so far. But we have had some fantastic nights, some great games. You'll look back and say we could have won it in this year or that year, but it is always an exciting tournament."