The Mancunian Reds kicked off this year’s campaign with a disappointing home draw to Newcastle United and recorded only 5 points from a possible 12 in their first four matches.

Man U also failed to win any of their encounters against the rest of the big four; something that has cost them their current 3rd place in the Premiership standings. The titleholders also lost points to Everton and Aston Villa, and this is what Fergie had to say about their sluggish start:

“You look at the first half of the season and we’ll have played away to almost every team who finished in the top 10 last season.

“That’s incredible. I have to say having home advantage against those teams at the end of the season should help us,” Fergie said to The Sun.

Manchester United indeed played nine of their fourteen matches away, amassing no more than 15 points out of a possible 27 in those games. On the other hand, statistics also show that the Red Champions lost only two points at home this season – and that was in their opening game against Newcastle United.

This gives Fergie the right to feel somehow confident and relax.

“This season if we can get to the New Year and be within two or three points of the top we would have a great chance.

“Traditionally we are always better in the second half of the season.”

If tradition does exist this year as well, the defending champions will cause a great threat to their archrivals and leaders Liverpool.
Someone who is well aware of this possible threat is Liverpool’s number 9 Fernando Torres:

“Manchester United are pressing us and if they win the league they will have the same number of titles as us,” the striker said before his team’s match at home to West Ham on Monday.

“That would be a small tragedy for us all.

“We are playing game by game but if the truth be told the club and the fans are more aimed at winning the Premier League.

“The title has not been won for 19 years and there is a lot of excitement at the moment. We will never give in and we will fight for the title until the last minute.”

Just as the Merseyside Reds, Manchester United are also willing to fight until the very end to retain their title.

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Ferguson has also been charged for arguing with the referee after the match against Hull City which Manchester won 4-3.

Ferguson will start serving his ban on December 2nd. This means that the boss will have no right to be in touch with his players at the training session and during their game against Blackburn in the League Cup.

The Scottish manager will also be restricted from the touch line when his side face Roy Keane’s Sunderland.

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Alex Ferguson revealed to the media that the decision on whether Ronaldo should start from the bench or not in tonight’s Champions League encounter against Villareal, was a very tough one to take.

Ronaldo is just returning back from injury and it is very likely that the winger will start from the bench.

However, with Manchester United being desperate to win this opening game at all cost, there is a sensation that Ronaldo’s presence on the pitch at the very begining of the match will give a psychological advantage to the Reds against the Yellow Submarines of Spain.

Brazilian born Spanish international and captain of Villareal, Marco Senna, has revealed that his team is much more relaxed and confident going into the game as Ronaldo will likely be benched.

The midfielder declared that reigning champions Manchester United were nothing without Ronaldo and that the Portuguese talisman was simply the best player of his club amongst other good players like Tevez, Ferdinand or Rooney. He added that the Red Devils were at least 30% less powerful without Ronaldo in the squad.

Well, Alex Ferguson is known to be a mind game lover. Let’s just see how he will do to come up victorious from this one against Senna.

Written by: Angela Asante