Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted with United’s five-star show against Birmingham City on Saturday and he hopes his confident …

Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted with United’s five-star show against Birmingham City on Saturday and he hopes his confident Reds can take that form forward for the rest of the campaign.

Dimitar Berbatov picked up his third hat-trick of the season, while Ryan Giggs and Nani chipped in with a goal each to secure the Reds’ second biggest win of the season, behind November’s 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn Rovers.

“It helps when you score an early goal,” admitted the boss. “Getting the goal after a minute forces the opposition to open up. They have to face the game from a different perspective and we capitalised on that.

“The third goal, just before half-time, was a very exciting goal. First of all Berba won the ball, then there was the interplay with Wayne and a fantastic ball from Wayne to Ryan. It was a really exciting goal and coming right on half-time it killed the match.

“It was a good score at half-time (3-0) and I was able to take Patrice Evra off and give him a break, and bring young Fabio on. Then I was able to take Ryan Giggs off because we’ve got a big game on Tuesday at Blackpool.”

Tuesday’s match is United’s game in hand on the rest of the title-chasing clubs at the top end of the Premier League. The Reds will be hoping to take full advantage of that match, but the 5-0 win on Saturday has given the players plenty of belief.

“Scoring five goals certainly helps the goal difference,” added Sir Alex. “We’ve got some tough games ahead and hopefully the players can grasp the nettle. They’ve got the experience, we’ve got the squad and hopefully we can manage the games that lie ahead.”

Five-star Reds impress Sir Alex

24TH JAN 2011

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