"It's always difficult for a team to be knocked out of a competition but we showed the character tonight to bounce back and not let anything faze us. "They sat back and hit us on the counter attack a few times, which we were obviously aware of before the match. But we knew we needed to win tonight and we got the win which was the most important thing."
"The game was more or less in control for the majority of the tie. We scored two goals and they didn't score. I think we clearly deserved to win but we didn't play the way I wanted the players to play. "I didn't have the reaction I wanted from all of them. I had the reaction from some of them and because some of them were mentally strong enough and with the football quality to play was the reason why we won. But in a team of 11, when you don't have a minimum of six or seven players performing and wanting to play, wanting the responsibility to have the ball, wanting the desire really to play, it's difficult to have a good performance at all. But I'm happy with the result."
"We had to respond. The loss against Sevilla was really difficult for us but we had to move forward and make sure we finish second in the league and go for the FA Cup. "We have to look game by game and we have to make sure we prepare really well for the next game. Hopefully we get back from the internationals with no injuries and we have to keep growing in confidence and perform better than we did tonight."
"Yes, it's been difficult for us this week after the defeat against Sevilla of course. We always said after the Sevilla game that it was very important to see a reaction and I am happy that we went through and we go to the next round. I'm happy for the team. "Of course, when you play for Manchester United, supporters always expect you to win the trophies and I hope that we are ready to win the FA Cup, which is very important in England, so we will fight until the end of course."
74,421 was attendance at Old Trafford. Thank you to all the fans who came out on a bitterly cold night.
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