After beating Aston Villa away last weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Man United players will have no problem to win their final decider game against FC Basel in Switzerland next Wednesday and clinch a place in the knockout stage of this season UEFA Champions League.

“Our form away from home in Europe over the last three or four years has been fantastic,” he explained at his press conference for the Sunday papers. “We’ve really done well and it needs to be that kind of performance on Wednesday. Read the full story

Manchester United finally overcame a stubborn Otelul Galati side to register their first win of this season’s UEFA Champions League, courtesy of a brace of penalties from Wayne Rooney. After a forgettable first-half where little goal mouth action was seen, the second period proved to be full of mixed emotion for the visitors. Their patience paid off eventually but Nemanja Vidic was harshly sent off as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side leapfrogged Basel into second place in Group C with the 2-0 victory.

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Manchester United defeated Otelul Galati – but it was a far from routine Champions League night in Bucharest for Sir Alex Ferguson team. After a boring first half, Wayne Rooney put United ahead from the penalty spot after on 64 minutes after Otelul captain Sergiu Costin had handled the ball. Nemanja Vidic was sent off shortly after for a tackle on Gabriel Giurgiu before Milan Perendija was sent off for the home side late on after receiving his 2^nd yellow card. Rooney added the second with another penalty in stoppage time after he had been fouled by Liviu Antal. Read the full story

Ryan Giggs will not just tear you apart again, he is still running down the wing! A wonderful strike into the top corner of the net from the Welsh legend gave United a good away draw against Benfica  in their first game of Uefa Champions League. United should be ready for Chelsea at the weekend after resting players like Young, Anderson and Rio Ferdinand. Read the full story

Welcome to the third episode of the “Red Dead Podcast”, the weekly Manchester United podcast for TrulyReds, brought to you by Tom “Darren Fletcher” Addison and Liam “Wrestlemania” Brown.

This week we’re taking a look at the festivities from Old Trafford yesterday afternoon, the final outcome of this seasons relegation battle, a certain Ravel Morrison and the youth teams prospects for the Youth Cup final, City, that banner and their trophy parade and, of course, the upcoming UEFA Champions League final.

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Join us again this coming Sunday where hopefully we’ll be revelling in United’s fourth European triumph and nursing some God awful hangovers.

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What’s this? Am I brown nosing our Premier League rivals? Far from it. The fact is that the further Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, City and Liverpool go in Europe – and for that matter in the FA Cup, the better Manchester United’s chances are of getting that highly desired, record breaking 19th title. Oh, apologies to the Scousers, I momentarily forgot that the FA Cup is already over for you this year. The last thing United need is for one of them to have nothing else to concentrate upon but the Premier League. Remember that  possible decisive advantage Chelsea held over United last season after being eliminated from Europe by Inter Milan?

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