MATCH QUOTES

Last updated : 05 February 2007 By Ed

Fergie:

"Wayne was injured in a challenge, he was limping about for a bit so I had to take him off. We'll assess him in the morning but he may be doubtful for Wednesday.

"Edwin has broken his nose, there was a lot of blood so he had to come off.

"We have got a new nickname for John now - 'The Cat'.

"The players are all signing John's jersey in there. It was fantastic. We were in a comfortable position but you never know. He did very well."

"Ronaldo was fantastic. The boy has come on great, he's got a courage to play and always wants the ball. In the early part of the match I thought he was a bit careless but he got more of the ball and was more comfortable. He's not the kind of player who can play on the fringes.

"The scoreline was very good. Winning 4-0 is an exceptional scoreline and in fairness Tottenham had chances.

"We looked when we went in front we were starting to get careless and casual at the back, you can't do that.

"Zeros against your name is the name of the game. No goals against in the run-in when you're in the title race is very important to us."


Referring to losing his bet with Ronaldo:

"Penalties don't count.

"Maybe I'll go to the bank. It's fantastic he's scoring so many goals. The boy has come on great, he has the courage to play and always wants the ball. He's the kind of player you need to service and give the ball and get him working in the game."


Scholes:

"The score said everything, to win 4-0 away from home at a tough place like this is a great result for us.

"We won it going forward. We knew at the back we could exploit them with pace and strength up front so we wanted to get the ball forward and we managed to do that.

"It was such a big result for us. We thought Chelsea would win yesterday so this weekend we had the more difficult game so to come and win is a big result for us.

"We'll keep plugging away and hopefully at the end of the season we'll get our just rewards."


O'Shea talks about his stint in goal after Van der Sar was subbed with a broken nose:

"I was very proud and I just asked Edwin if he gets a clean sheet bonus and if so, I want half of it!

"When I saw Robbie Keane bearing down on my I thought he might try to put it through my legs but I got lucky.

"It's a special moment for me to look back on.

"It was a bit nerve-wracking, especially with a corner to defend straight away and every time they got the ball near the penalty area the crowd kept shouting 'shoot'.


Jol:

"I don't think it was a penalty, but we made a mistake.

"Steed Malbranque stuck his foot out and he took advantage of it. The referee made the decision, he's a human being. It didn't help.

"The referee could have been influenced by what happened before. [Larsson penalty claim]

"He was standing there with a good view of it and I thought he was falling over. I won't say that Ronaldo was diving, but it was a difficult situation."

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"In England you have to stay with your runner and pick up people in the final third.

"But we will turn it around because next week Jermaine Jenas will come back and he is a player who can do that.

"You have to be physically tough and we are a good footballing team but sometimes you have to stand up and be counted. That's what we have to learn."

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