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BURNLEY MADE US WORK - FERGUSON Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson picked up a special bonus at Turf Moor - a bottle of red wine from Stan Ternent. The Burnley boss was in gracious mood despite seeing his side go down 2-0 in the Worthington Cup. Ternent joked: "It's an expensive bottle of wine on my wages." Goals from Diego Forlan and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer steered United into the quarter-finals. But Ternent was delighted with the way his side went about their business. He said: "The team have done the whole football club proud. Manchester United are an exceptional team. "It was an enjoyable experience apart from the result and a learning experience. "That's the standard we have to try and attain. "There are a lot of things we can learn from the game. It was a good open game, and in the second half we tried to get a bit more width out of our team." Ferguson's team were too good, though, and Ternent added: "United are clinical, and the finish from Solskjaer was straight out of the top drawer. "As long as we learn from this match it will have been a good night. I think we have given the fans something to enjoy. "United have very good players. Whatever side they put out it will be a good side, as we saw tonight." Ferguson admitted his side were been made to work hard for their victory. "I thought we showed a lot of resolution and fight against a team that gives everything," he said. "We had to work hard. They were a bit unlucky and made it a real cup tie. "I sensed in the second half we were getting more penetration and creating chances. It kept them stretched a bit, and doing that I didn't worry as much as the first half. "It was a competent performance. We had to battle but we did that well tonight." Centre-half Wes Brown added on Sky Sports 2: "We knew it was going to be tough and we would have to grind it out and get the win. "They are playing at home, so it was always going to be difficult. We had a lot of young players but we got together and played how we know we can and got the win." United face Arsenal at Old Trafford on Saturday in a vital Barclaycard Premiership game, and Brown added: "Saturday is a big game - everyone is looking forward to it. "We've had a few good wins in the league and we hope we can continue." Forlan, who added to his two goals against Liverpool last Saturday, said: "It's nice to score. We came here to play well and win - and we did it. "We watched some videos and knew they play well and we had all the respect for them." www.sportinglife.com http://www.red11.org/news Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
