UNITED AND MADRID

Last updated : 24 July 2003 By Editor
After seeing us demolish his Celtic side 4-0 in Seattle,
O’Neil voiced his opinion that we are one of the best teams
in Europe:

“Manchester are vying with Real Madrid to be the best team
in Europe. Their finishing was absolutely clinical but we
didn't help ourselves with some very sloppy defending. It is
only pre-season but we have been working for two weeks and
clearly we still have plenty to do.

“If we had scored the penalty it would have gone to 1-1 and
given us drive and enthusiasm to keep going but within a
couple of minutes they had made it 2-0 and it was a long old
battle after that.. United have been competing in the
Champions League for quite a few years and they have learned
quite a bit from that sort of experience.

“We are improving and trying to get there but Manchester
United are the benchmark.”