Power shifts tend to be declared too readily on the basis of solitary results, when no one knows better than Sir Alex Ferguson it is mucky little wins such as this that collect championships, not just seductive goal feasts.Each of Ferguson’s titles has been accumulated through his club’s capacity to grind out three points without functioning anywhere near half throttle.
As he compiles his memoirs of 25 years at Old Trafford, the less romantic one-nils may be recalled as fondly as any battering his teams have dished out.
Like all the best generals, Ferguson is adept not only at recognising when to go on the offensive, but also when to unashamedly cry ‘retreat’.
This was a triumph in the art of implementing a bunker mentality.
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