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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson declared his side performed like “champions” to beat West Ham.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Premier League leaders recovered from 2-0 down to win 4-2 with striker Wayne Rooney getting a hat-trick. <\/p>\n

“We played like champions,” said Ferguson. “It was a real championship performance as far as I’m concerned. <\/p>\n

“I said to them at half-time, ‘Look, goal difference doesn’t matter now – you’re getting something from this game. The next goal wins the game’.” <\/p>\n

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Ferguson added: “That’s why I put Ryan Giggs back to left-back to have a go and just attack. <\/p>\n

“It paid dividends and I’m pleased with that.” <\/p>\n

The Old Trafford outfit had fallen behind to two Mark Noble penalties after a Patrice Evra handball and Nemanja Vidic trip on Carlton Cole. <\/p>\n

Ferguson, who was in the stands as he served the second of a five-game touchline ban, replaced Evra with striker Javier Hernandez and pushed Giggs back to left-back after the break.<\/p>\n

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Fellow forward Dimitar Berbatov also came on before Rooney kickstarted his side’s comeback by converting a free-kick. <\/p>\n

Rooney added a clinical finish and a penalty to complete a 14-minute hat-trick, while Hernandez grabbed a late goal to make sure of the victory. <\/p>\n

“They’ve the players got the ability to turn it around – that’s the first thing,” added Ferguson. <\/p>\n

“But they’ve got great faith in themselves, faith in the team, faith in their team-mates. <\/p>\n

“It doesn’t always work but you can rest assured, they keep trying to create and play their football, and in the second half we dominated.” <\/p>\n

The victory moved the Red Devils eight points clear of an Arsenal side playing Blackburn in the later game, while they are now 11 points ahead of third-placed Chelsea, who were held to a draw by Stoke. <\/p>\n

Chelsea have a game in hand and have still to play the Old Trafford side but will struggle to defend their title. <\/p>\n

“It makes an impact on us,” said Ferguson on the title race. “Seven games left.<\/p>\n

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Vidic could have been sent off – Grant<\/p>\n

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“You can count the games down one by one. It ends up you run out of games and hopefully we’re there. <\/p>\n

“Arsenal have games in hand and it could go to goal difference but I somehow don’t think so.” <\/p>\n

The only sour note for Ferguson’s side was Rooney heard swearing by a television camera after scoring. <\/p>\n

The Football Association said it would examine the footage before deciding to take any action but Rooney was quick to say sorry. <\/p>\n

“I want to apologise for any offence that may have been caused by my goal celebration, especially any parents or children that were watching,” said the England stirker. <\/p>\n

“Emotions were running high and on reflection my heat-of-the-moment reaction was inappropriate. It was not aimed at anyone in particular.” <\/p>\n

The defeat dropped West Ham back into the relegation zone and Hammers boss Avram Grant believed Vidic should have been sent off for a perceived professional foul on Demba Ba rather than the yellow card he received when the visitors were trailing 2-0. <\/p>\n

“I think so that he should have been red carded but I don’t want to talk about the referee,” said Grant. <\/p>\n

He continued: “In the second half, they Man Utd had nothing to lose but we have given them too much space. <\/p>\n

“There were a lot of positive things. We wanted to win and did everything very good in the first half. But footballers need to complete two halves.” <\/p>\n

Grant added: “The league will be very tight but I think we can do it avoid the drop because we have come into good shape at the right time. <\/p>\n

“Against Manchester United, you want to take points but you do not count on winning against them. <\/p>\n

“We still have good momentum.” <\/p>\n

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