Sir Alex's 24th anniversary as United manager was
fittingly crowned with one of the hallmarks of his remarkable reign
- a winning goal deep into injury time.
Ji-sung Park produced it, to add to his first-half
opener, as the Reds overcame a lengthy injury list and positive
opposition to claim a third consecutive league victory.
"We've done it so many times and you have to admire the
perseverance of the team, the never say die [spirit]," Sir Alex
told MUTV.
"It was a long struggle. Given the changes I had to make, trying to
get the continuity of performance was difficult today.
"I thought Wolves were the better team in the first half, they
played very well but we got a great goal right on half-time and I
thought that would settle us. In the second half we were the better
team. We lost a bad goal on our part but went on to get a late
winner."
The manager revealed that not even his starting eleven were fully
fit, following a virus that swept through his playing staff and
affected him too.
"Some players played with touches of flu and others with diarrhoea,
so we've done really well to get a result," said Sir Alex. "This
morning we had to check on Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes and Nemanja
Vidic, they were all under the weather.
"Nemanja in particular did well to play in that game, Patrice
battled on and I was only going to use Paul if I needed to. I did
need to and he did well."
Park takes most of the plaudits though for a fine performance,
capped by two clinical goals at crucial times. Sir Alex
reflected:
"Right on half-time and right on the final whistle are amazing
times to score. But Ji's in great form actually, he's been one
of our best players in recent weeks. It was another really good
performance from him today."