Sir Alex Ferguson believes that English clubs could be
poised to renew their domination of Europe again following
three great Champions League results this week. Manchester United secured a fantastic 0-0 draw against
Valencia in the Mestalla stadium last night and Ferguson believes
their result completed a great 24 hours for English
interests.
United's draw leaves them in pole position for a place in
the Champions League quarter-finals for their fifth consecutive
year.
Meanwhile, Leeds and Arsenal are also well on course to make
the last eight following their victories in the competition
over Anderlecht and Lyon respectively.
The results are enough to make Ferguson believe that Italian
domination of the tournament could soon be at an end -
bringing in an era of regular English and Spanish winners.
"I think that the Leeds' result was a good one because they
were 1-0 down with not long to go in the game," said
Ferguson.
"And Arsenal did well, although maybe not in as hard a game.
"We're pleased with our result and maybe ourselves and the
Spanish sides are going to have a period where we start to
do well in European football."
United currently lead Group A on seven points and need just
one more win from three remaining games to achieve
Ferguson's qualifying target of 10 points.
Valencia, who are two points behind United, struggled to
break down a resolute United defence and Ferguson was
particularly pleased with their performance at the back.
"The team defended well and they had to because Valencia
produced some excellent moments, particularly through
Mendieta and once or twice through Aimar.
"They've had to defend well, the back four and the
goalkeeper, and I'm happy with that."
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