Ferguson:
"We are disappointed.
"We threw it away, there is no question of that. You need to score goals to win football matches and we didn't have enough in the last third of the field to do that. We had some good opportunities but the finishing was disappointing."
"We had terrific chances in Copenhagen and didn't take them. We didn't have as many clear-cut ones tonight but we had good openings.
"Historically, we do things the hard way.
"We are going to have to do it the hard way again and get a point against Benfica. It's a home match, and of course we will try to win. Our home form is very good, we have no worries on that score, but we want to have a better edge to our game.
"We can now concentrate on the match on Sunday, which is massive for us, and the players will now relish that. If the players have ambitions to win the league, they will know how important Sunday is."
Of Saha, he said:
"Louis is disappointed, he has missed a penalty kick in an important match.
"But the players will help him, we will all help him. He'll probably miss another penalty in his career. Understandably, the players are disappointed. We have five days to lift them now but if we want to win the league we have to show character and I am sure that we will."
Strapon:
"We are tired now, it has been an emotional day.
"I'll go to sleep tonight, check Teletext in the morning and if it says there that we have qualified, I'll finally believe it."
Neil Lennon:
"Have we? If that really is true then it is the best result of my whole career. Just to beat Manchester United alone is enough. I can't speak highly enough of the players."
Celtic goalie, Boruc:
"'I don't know about it being a great save from the penalty. Every time a `keeper saves a penalty it's luck, that's all.
"I was thinking about the last penalty he scored against me and I thought he might do the same thing, that's what was on my mind.
"We were celebrating in the dressing room when someone came in the with news that we had qualified and so there was a double celebration."