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Nerves won't affect United - Sir Alex

ESPN staff
February 27, 2012
Ryan Giggs was in the right place at the right time for Manchester United © PA Photos
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After emerging with three points from a game his side were "lucky" to win, Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Manchester United's rivals that nerves will not affect them in the race for the Premier League title.

The Red Devils claimed a 2-1 win at Norwich courtesy of an injury-time strike from Ryan Giggs and Ferguson conceded that his side were second best for large swathes of the game.

But they kept up the heat on Manchester City by getting the three points and Ferguson feels it shows his side, shorn of the ill Wayne Rooney, are nerveless under pressure.

"I have to say though we were lucky," Ferguson told MUTV. "Norwich were the better team and they had more purpose about them. They kept crossing the ball into our box and but for Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand and David De Gea we'd have been behind. The three of them were brilliant.

"I thought we were lethargic and too casual on the ball. But when we lost the goal we played brilliantly. That tells you something about the temperament of the players. They didn't get nervous, they kept playing and started to up their game, and that augurs well for us."

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