{"id":297012,"date":"2011-03-09T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-ends-media-blackout-to-highlight-the-threat-of-title-rivals-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T23:46:00","slug":"manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-ends-media-blackout-to-highlight-the-threat-of-title-rivals-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-ends-media-blackout-to-highlight-the-threat-of-title-rivals-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ends media blackout to highlight the threat of title rivals Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>9 Mar 2011 23:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.0758905524\">\n<div readability=\"13.4444444444\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a4c41cbf125796_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"36.1316542645\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> has admitted he is worried by <a href=\"https:\/\/goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a>&#8216;s threat to his side\u2019s quest for a record breaking 19th league crown, and at the same time ending his self-imposed radio silence.<\/p>\n<p>The United boss had refused to speak to the press in the aftermath of his FA charge for comments he made about Martin Atkinson, the referee for United\u2019s 2-1 loss to Chelsea at the beginning of the month, but the Scot moved to emphasise the threat posed by his long-time rivals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly they represent the main danger to us achieving our ambitions in a revival of the rivalry of a few years ago,\u201d the United manager is quoted as saying by <em>The Guardian<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I am sure they regard us as the major threat to their hopes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United manager also praised the endurance of Arsene Wenger\u2019s side this season, suggesting that they have kicked on from last year, when their title challenge faded away in the final stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast season, they faded around the February-March period to leave Chelsea and ourselves in a two-horse race that saw us pipped at the post by a point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Ars\u00e8ne Wenger and his players have rearranged the pecking order somewhat to come storming through to lie in second place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson also revealed his frustration with his side\u2019s performance in the 3-1 loss to Liverpool and admitted that they were outplayed by Kenny Dalglish\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no excuses for the poor performance at Liverpool, who were the better team and deserved their win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was disappointed because we didn\u2019t perform to the level I expect and which, to be fair, we generally achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a4c41cbf125796_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/09\/2387412\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-ends-media\" title=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ends media blackout to highlight the threat of title rivals Arsenal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ends media blackout to highlight the threat of title rivals Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 9 Mar 2011 23:46:00 Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he is worried by Arsenal &#8216;s threat to his side\u2019s quest for a record breaking 19th league crown, and at the same time ending his self-imposed radio silence. The United boss had refused to speak to the press in the aftermath of his FA charge for comments he made about Martin Atkinson, the referee for United\u2019s 2-1 loss to Chelsea at the beginning of the month, but the Scot moved to emphasise the threat posed by his long-time rivals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ends media blackout to highlight the threat of title rivals Arsenal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-ends-media-blackout-to-highlight-the-threat-of-title-rivals-arsenal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ends media blackout to highlight the threat of title rivals Arsenal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Harry Veal 9 Mar 2011 23:46:00 Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he is worried by Arsenal &#039;s threat to his side\u2019s quest for a record breaking 19th league crown, and at the same time ending his self-imposed radio silence. 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