FA Cup Third Round — 2/3 January 2010

[Lee]

Blow that ****in whistle. Disgraceful

[Reece]

Get in

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****ing get in, you beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Full time

[JohnDoe]

Haha this is brilliant. I have a huge amount of respect for Leeds now, the way they've played today was incredible. Hoping to see them in the Premier League soon, back where they belong.

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It seem Ferguson is being as gracious as ever no post match press conference

[anfieldanfield]

If West Ham can somehow put Arsenal out later today on the draw will blow wide open for us.

[Reece]

Chelsea 3-0 up against Watford already.

[Harv]

Get in!!! just seen the result

[SimonNo7]

Superb result for Leeds. Really didn't think it was going to end that way but

[magicalbarnes]

Tell you what, Leeds are giving it a right go and fair play to them.

Spineless cunts like Allardyce, Martinez, Redknapp & McCarthy etc should be ****ing ashamed of themselves. They should take note of how Leeds have played today.

Couldn't agree with you more, all these ****ers just go to old trafford and bend over

[lickedlollipop]

hahahah just saw.... bye bye you scumbags!

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Ferguson has now given an interview and claims that the 5mins added time was an insult

[The_weatherman]

Ferguson has now given an interview and claims that the 5mins added time was an insult

He is just embarrassing himself and making enemies, good stuff.

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Boss shocked by bad displaySir Alex Ferguson admitted he was “shocked” and “surprised” at United’s disappointing performance that led to a third round exit in the FA Cup at the hands of fierce rivals Leeds.

The Reds boss had hoped his men would come flying out of the blocks to start 2010 as United had finished it with a thumping 5-0 win over Wigan. But that just didn’t happen as Sir Alex’s men delivered a frustratingly flat display.

“The preparation for the game was very good, but I’m shocked by the performance,” the boss told MUTV. “We didn’t start right and Leeds did start right. They got their goal and had something to hold onto. They fought like tigers, and we expect that with any team coming to Old Trafford for an FA Cup tie. It’s a disappointment.”

Jermaine Beckford gave the visitors the lead and merely exacerbated the manager’s frustration at the first-half display. “We did speak about Beckford’s pace up front,” he said. “We were caught napping really, it was a bad goal for us to lose. The whole performance in the first half was bad. We never got going and the quality of the passing… the whole performance was just bad.

“It’s one of these things. We’re only human and sometimes you have performances that surprise you. But we didn’t expect that today.”

United’s second-half response provided a glimmer of hope, but even that wasn’t enough to break Leeds’ hold on the game. “I don’t think any of the players can say they had a good day. Maybe only [Antonio] Valencia, when he came on, can say that. Even then it took us about ten minutes to get the ball to him.

“You expect us to get a goal at Old Trafford, and the intensity of our game improved a little bit in the second half. We had a lot of chances in the box, but on the day we didn’t take them.”

Several players were rested ahead of Wednesday’s Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester City, but this poor performance may force the boss to rethink his selection as United will not want to lose consecutive cup ties against local rivals.

“We have to get this result out of our system as quickly as possible,” added Sir Alex. “We have a semi-final on Wednesday and a lot of these players won’t be playing. You have to view this performance in the right light. We’ll make sure we’re ready for Wednesday now. We had a team in mind, but there will maybe be a few changes for that.”

That team may not include Nemanja Vidic, however, who pulled out of the starting line-up at the last minute against Leeds.


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