ManU will always dominate Chelsea : Ferguson

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has said that his club will always dominate Chelsea, because they have the best long-term strategy.The Old Trafford boss produced a list of four reasons why the Red Devils are stronger than the Blues, The Sun reports.Fergie says that, unlike Chelsea, Manchester United have faith in their manager, build teams from the bottom up, invest in youth and have a team that will last another five years.Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has employed four full-time managers and spent hundred of millions at Stamford Bridge to get success.And while that brought two successive titles under Jose Mourinho, United were soon back on top after a period of patient rebuilding.Asked if that was good for football to prove money does not get you everything, Ferguson said: "You're right. You can go back in time and there are many examples of that. The Sunderland team from 50 years ago, they called them the Bank of England team and yet they got relegated."The great challenge for a manager and his coaching staff is to spend money the right way and still have a balance with the team. We tended to overload on younger players, with a view to the long-term picture. That required a bit of patience."We couldn't match Chelsea in spending power anyway, so the sensible thing was to go that way and identify younger players who, in the long term, would develop into top players," he added.Ferguson is now into his 23rd year at the helm of Old Trafford. In the same time Chelsea have had 12 bosses.

Liverpool Outplayed ManU

Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool's 2-1 win against Manchester United can help the Reds mount a serious title challenge.

Carlos Tevez put United ahead early on at Anfield. But after a torrid opening period, Liverpool were level with a Wes Brown own goal before Liverpool dominated the second half and Ryan Babbel grabbed a priceless win with 13 minutes left.
"It (the win) gives us belief and confidence because we've beaten the best team in Europe," said Liverpool's stand-in captain."It gives us the belief that we can beat anyone in the league."We hope we can now push on for the rest of the season. It should spur us on, because we've not been playing too well. That is the best we've played."It also gives us a bit of breathing space between us and United, and top is where a club like Liverpool should be," the former England international added.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez was equally delighted with the win, his first against United since taking over at Anfield in 2004."It was good for the confidence of the players," explained the Spaniard."At half-time we were talking about having confidence and determination going forwards - and in the second half we were the best team."We showed quality and character to come back, and the understanding of Robbie Keane and Dirk Kuyt was very good. Their pressing was really important for the rest of the team."