Yang Yang's Victory

"This was the worst day in Manchester United's history."

At the post-match press conference, Manchester United Head Coach Ferguson was utterly dissatisfied with the result.

In fact, he could have found ten million reasons to explain why he refused to accept the result, but none of them could change the fact that Liverpool had thrashed Manchester United 6–1 at Old Trafford.

Manchester United had been forced to swallow this humiliating result on their own home ground.

When Ferguson appeared at the press conference, he seemed to have aged ten years overnight. He spoke more slowly, without the slightly overbearing flamboyance of the past.

Put bluntly, the godfather of Manchester United was also a professional manager. After losing a match, he had lost his confidence as well.

"This was the worst day in our history, and the worst result of my managerial career. It could even rank among the worst results of my playing career. I don't remember ever losing by a worse scoreline."

Ferguson explained how the match had unfolded. He believed Manchester United had made a very good start.

"For the first twenty-odd minutes, we controlled the match and had the advantage. We capitalized on our opponents' mistake to win a penalty and take the lead. Everything looked perfect, as though we were certain to win."

"The first goal we conceded was a huge blow. It came from an individual mistake, and Yang Yang calmly seized the opportunity to equalize. But even then, we still had the ability to take the lead again. It was only when Vidić was sent off that the match was completely killed."

Ferguson had never been a manager who liked to shirk responsibility. On the contrary, he was like a big brother, always taking the blame for and defending his players, even though Vidić's