Manchester United Reaction From Carling Cup

Here is the Manchester United reaction from yesterday's Carling Cup final win.

Sir Alex Ferguson
"It [winning the cup] makes it a good weekend, in the sense that one of your opponents has dropped points," Fergie told Sky Sports.
"I don't think anyone is any different. When one of your opponents drops points you are delighted. It is a horrible game like that.
"But we could drop points on Wednesday and our opponents could win their games. Who knows?"
Ferguson, who has now lifted the League Cup on three occasions, recognises United were not at their best against Tottenham, but believes a never-say-die attitude proved decisive.
"Every time we get a piece of silver it adds to the history of the club, and today it was proved that cup finals are not easy," he added.
"We were not at our best today and Tottenham probably had the better chances in the match.
"But we kept going. I think that is a quality, I've no doubt about that."

Ben Foster
"Just before the shoot-out I was looking at an iPod and on it were Tottenham's penalties, including one from O'Hara," Foster told The Daily Telegraph.
"They just told me to stand up, be strong and it will probably go that way. It is a new innovation."

Foster told ITV: "We have done a lot of research into the way each player is going to put their penalty," Foster, 25, explained.
"We went into the shootout as well prepared as possible.
"We have had things to look at over the last couple of days and before the shootout you can see me looking at an iPod with Eric Steele.
"It had actual video on it and showed where players put things."
"It is a new innovation for us," Foster added. "Eric brought it when he came to the club. I have never seen anything like it. It is a fantastic tool for us."
"I am delighted to win it," said Foster. "It is a cruel way to win but that is the way things go.
"When it comes to penalties, goalkeepers cannot lose. We are not expected to save them. If we do, it is a bonus."

Cristiano Ronaldo
"It is quite difficult to achieve [winning five trophies] but we are going from game to game," he told English The Sun, after the game.
"We always have the opportunity to win everything. We’ve won this cup and now we don’t have much time to celebrate."

Mick Phelan
"This was a hard game," the coach told BBC Sport. "I don't think the pitch helped, it was heavy, but that's the way it goes sometimes. You have to go through that and we did."It's difficult. It's emotion and everything else. The supporters will you on. We wanted to win, they wanted to win and it's important you try to keep going. We're on the touchline urging them to keep running, and it's a credit to them that they kept going."
Phelan felt that the commitment of both teams was commendable, but was pleased United had finished on top.
"I thought both teams kept at it," he continued.
"There was cramp in both camps at the end there. To go to penalties is the nature of the game, but we're happy we've won it."
Ryan Giggs
"There's a long way to go in all the trophies," he told Sky Sports.
"We've just got to keep the same desire, play as well as we have done. We've played better than we did today, but we won so that's what it's all about."
Despite his level-headed, professional words on the subject, Giggs did admit that victory in a final was highly satisfying, and would certainly boost morale going into a season's end clogged with high-profile tests, both on the European and domestic front.
"It's a cup final so obviously we wanted to win it, and then kick on from there really," he added.
"That's what we did with the Club World Cup, so hopefully we can show the same form after winning this."

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