Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has finally admitted that the Barcelona side that defeated Manchester United in the 2011 Champions League Final was the best ever.
The now-retired manager has this week released his new autobiography and in it has paid tribute to Pep Guardiola’s side that defeated his United team 3-1 at Wembley in May 2011.
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– Barca was the best team ever to line up against my Manchester United sides, Ferguson has written in his book.
– The group of world-beaters who formed around Messi were formidable.
– I felt no envy towards those great sides. Regrets yes, when we lost to them, but jealousy, no, he further wrote.
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The Scot, however, reflected on how he felt United’s hotel setting influenced proceedings ahead of their 2009 Champions League Final defeat to Barca.
– It was a shambles. We were in a room with no light, the food was late and cold.
The Spaniards ran rings around the Old Trafford team, clinically taking them apart on the way to lifting the trophy.
