Fergie Saksikan Manchester United Ditekuk Sunderland
Former Boss in the Stands as Manchester United Crumble Again
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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MANTAN manajer Manchester United (MU) Sir Alex Ferguson kecewa berat menyaksikan kekalahan beruntun yang dialami skuad Setan Merah yang kini dipimpin oleh David Moyes.
Ferguson sangat kecewa menyaksikan mantan klub asuhannya mengalami kekalahan 1-2 dari Sunderland dalam leg pertama semifinal Piala Liga Inggris di Stadium of Light, Rabu dini hari WIB.
Kekalahan dari Sunderland itu merupakan kekalahan ketiga skuad asuhan Moyes tersebut, setelah sebelumnya juga keok dari Swansea City (1-2) dan Tottenham Hotspur (1-2) di ajang Premier League.
MU ketinggalan lebih dulu setelah Ryan Giggs melakukan gol bunuh diri pada menit ke-47. Gol balasan bagi MU dilesakkan oleh Nemanja Vidic pada menit ke-52. Harapan MU pupus setelah Fabio Borini mencetak gol dari titik putih pada menit ke-63 untuk kemenangan Sunderland.
Ferguson bersama dengan salah seorang legenda United Bryan Robson hadir dan menyaksikan kemenangan Sunderland di Stadium of Light.
Dalam gambar yang diambil oleh harian Mail Online, tampak bahwa Ferguson duduk di tribun atas bersama Robson. Kekalahan United itu memantik kritik pedas belakangan ini, karena Moyes dianggap membawa aura negatif bagi skuad Setan Merah.
Hadir juga dalam pertandingan itu, Sir Bobby Charlton yang duduk bersebelahan dengan Ferguson. Keduanya tampak berjabat tangan ketika wasit membunyikan peluit akhir pertandingan.
Beberapa bulan lalu, mantan pemain United Roy Keane mengatakan Ferguson masih terus bercokol di Old Trafford.
"Sir Alex tidak di mana-mana. Ia masih hadir menyaksikan pertandingan, karena ia masih menjabat sebagai direktur, sehingga ia mengetahui segala sesuatunya. Ia memang tidak menyambangi ruang ganti pemain," katanya.
SIR ALEX Ferguson was in the stands yet again on Tuesday night as Manchester United stumbled to another defeat.
Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton and former United midfielder Bryan Robson watched in despair as Sunderland won 2-1.
In this fantastic photograph taken by Sportsmail´s Ian Hodgson, both Ferguson and Moyes are circled. The new manager in the eye line of the old one.
But beleaguered boss Moyes insists Ferguson´s shadow is not looming over him as he attempts to revive the club´s season.
The Scot is adamant that the trio of Ferguson, Charlton and Robson are a great help rather than a hindrance as he attempts to stamp his authority on the club.
Asked if their presence was an added pressure, he said: ´Not at all.
´Alex is a great sounding-board for me. He is there to help, so is Sir Bobby. He is terrific. Bryan Robson is at the training ground regularly, I speak to him regularly.
´I find the three of them terrific.´
Ferguson has been criticised in recent days for not giving Moyes more breathing space, but he seems determined to attend almost every game. United great Charlton was left shaking his head at the final whistle.
United went behind on the stroke of half-time when their former defender Wes Brown headed a free-kick across the face of goal and another ex-Red, this time Phil Bardsley, put enough pressure on Ryan Giggs that the veteran put the ball into his own net.
Despite a Nemanja Vidic equaliser from a corner, Sunderland won 2-1 thanks to a penalty from on-loan attacker Fabio Borini. Tom Cleverley made enough contact with Adam Johnson to send the winger sprawling and the linesman pointed to the spot.
Only last month under-fire Moyes denied claims by former United skipper Roy Keane that Ferguson is still trying to exert ‘control and power’ within Old Trafford.
‘Sir Alex is not about the place,’ he said. ‘He comes to the games, but he’s a director now, so he’s entitled to do that. He doesn’t come into the dressing room. A lot of the directors do, but Alex keeps away from it.’
This may all be the case, but his presence must be a distraction every time Moyes glances in his direction. Especially after a third defeat on the trot.
