Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was pleased with his side’s performance in Wednesday’s League Cup clash with Newcastle United, particularly with goals for Anderson and Tom Cleverley.
Anderson, 24, was in particularly good form for the Red Devils, forcing opposition goalkeeper Rob Elliott into a fine save in the early stages, before opening the scoring with a powerful drive from 25 yards.
“I’m very pleased,” Ferguson told the club’s official website. “First of all, given the tie was an all-Premier League one and Newcastle are probably a stronger team than us physically, we played some fantastic football. We kept on playing our football and perservered with that and had good composure in our game.
“I was really pleased with that and I think we deserved to win. Newcastle are a very powerful team so it’s good to get through that one.
“I’m very pleased for Anderson and Cleverley – both of them were terrific strikes. The second goal was a great bit of football and Tom has done well to sidefoot the ball home. It was a really good performance.”
