{"id":463631,"date":"2011-07-19T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-expects-manchester-city-to-challenge-for-the-premier-league-title\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T00:05:00","slug":"manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-expects-manchester-city-to-challenge-for-the-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-expects-manchester-city-to-challenge-for-the-premier-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects Manchester City to challenge for the Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 01:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.7974952741\">\n<div readability=\"12.8984771574\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132900\/132935_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"40.5201342282\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> expects arch-rivals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a> to be challenging for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> title next season.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastlands outfit have significantly strengthened their squad since the takeover by Sheikh Mansour, and have managed to break their long standing trophy drought to win the FA Cup whilst also qualifying for the Champions League during their last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Old Trafford boss believes that Roberto Mancini&#8217;s men will get a boost after having won a trophy last season, and reckons they will now have the belief to mount a title challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a period not so long ago when City were actually in the second division and they were never a thorn in our flesh,&#8221; said Sir Alex, according to <em>The Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whereas every year in the past we\u2019ve had to contend with Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But winning a trophy does you a power of good. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any doubt about that. It takes the pressure off the manager and gives confidence to the players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve experienced it ourselves over the years and we expect City to be challengers next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But nothing changes. One of the teams will always be a thorn in our flesh, whether we like it or not &#8211; possibly all four of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex also insisted that he had no intention of calling time on his career, despite having realised his ambition of knocking Liverpool off their perch &#8211; by winning the 19th league title last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; said the experienced manager, when quizzed about whether he had thought about bringing his career to a halt. &#8220;Not at all. I\u2019m not even thinking about it. You just have to keep going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The challenge, whether it\u2019s with young players or old players, is that you have to do something. There\u2019s always that expectation at this club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/19\/2580907\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-expects\" title=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects Manchester City to challenge for the Premier League title\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects Manchester City to challenge for the Premier League title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 19 Jul 2011 01:05:00 Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects arch-rivals Manchester City to be challenging for the Premier League title next season. The Eastlands outfit have significantly strengthened their squad since the takeover by Sheikh Mansour, and have managed to break their long standing trophy drought to win the FA Cup whilst also qualifying for the Champions League during their last campaign. Now the Old Trafford boss believes that Roberto Mancini&#8217;s men will get a boost after having won a trophy last season, and reckons they will now have the belief to mount a title challenge<\/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-463631","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 expects Manchester City to challenge for the Premier League title - 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\/07\/19\/manchester-united-manager-sir-alex-ferguson-expects-manchester-city-to-challenge-for-the-premier-league-title\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects Manchester City to challenge for the Premier League title - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 19 Jul 2011 01:05:00 Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects arch-rivals Manchester City to be challenging for the Premier League title next season. 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