DEFENCE IS INDEFENSIBLE

Last updated : 31 October 2005 By editor

'Defensively, I was very disappointed,' said Ferguson.

Middlesbrough have cuffed us 4-1 and we have to get over that.”

'The second and third goals were terrible ones to concede at this level. I would have to see the first one again but if you give players a free shot from that range, you are not helping the goalkeeper. All we have done is given encouragement to Lille. They will be really buoyed when they see this result.’

'We will get a reaction, that is without question. It is my job to see that happens. But we also have to try to stay positive and make sure we don't make the same defensive mistakes again because if we do, we will be out.'