Ferguson – Man. United will not repeat Champions League disaster

Sir Alex Ferguson has guaranteed fans that Manchester United will not repeat the same unsuccessful Champions League campaign from last season, as the team have learnt from their mistakes.

The Red Devils did not go beyond the group stages, despite being the clear favourites to win the group and progress to the eighth-finals.

“That definitely won't happen next season. There's no chance of that,” the Scotsman said to reporters.

“Over the last few years, we've used the group stage as an opportunity to play the youngsters. Last season it backfired on us.”

“We changed the team too much. We won't be doing that this season.”

“I just think we were careless. The killer was the game against Basel at home [which ended 3-3]. We could have been 5-1 up at half-time but were really careless in that game.”

“We were unlucky against Benfica at home because we played well, but that Basel game was a real killer for us. They were just an ordinary team and they showed that when they played Bayern Munich.”

Alex Ferguson Alexander Chapman Ferguson  Scotland 1941-12-31 (71 years) See coach profile>

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