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UNITED: Sir Alex salutes OT faithful

/noticias.info/ Sir Alex Ferguson led his players on a lap of honour after the 4-1 win over West Ham to pay tribute to the Old Trafford faithful.

The fans were once again in fine voice as United moved to within one victory of title glory, and Sir Alex was keen to salute the part they've played this season.

"The fans were fantastic again," he told MUTV. "It's strange to do a lap of honour when you've not won anything, but the fans deserve it. We wanted to honour them because they've been superb this season. On Tuesday against Barcelona they were out of this world. Hopefully we can all celebrate in a big way next Sunday at Wigan."

A Cristiano Ronaldo brace and further strikes from Carlos Tevez and Michael Carrick gave the Reds a deserved win over West Ham, but the Reds had to remain professional after Nani's red card for a head-butt on Lucas Neill just before half time.

"The game was marred by immaturity from Nani, real immaturity," conceded the United boss. "He retaliated when he didn't need to and the referee didn't have any option but to send him off after he'd spoken to the linesman. Nevertheless, I'm sure he'll learn from it.

"The three points was the most important thing today," he added. "There were a few nervous moments before half-time, but thankfully we kept it at 3-1. We changed things around tactically to ensure that we kept possession in the second half. We're as good as anyone in the game at doing that when we keep our concentration and the fourth goal finished it for us." notas_de_prensa_archivo