Rio Ferdinand insisted clean sheets are as important as goals
after Uniteds 6-0 romp over Newcastle on Saturday.
The towering centre-back scored the Reds fourth goal against the
Magpies, but he took greater pride from his sides imperious
defending throughout the match as United registered a 13th clean
sheet in 22 league games.
Its nice to get on the goalscoring sheet, but more important for
me was the clean sheet, he told Setanta Sports. If we keep clean
sheets then weve got people like Ronny (Cristiano Ronaldo) upfront
who can score us goals.
The Reds canter, allied to Arsenals failure to beat Birmingham,
saw the champions move back to the top of the Premier League.
Uniteds form augurs well in the ongoing title race, and Ferdinand
is keen to keep his focus in-house.
Well have to wait and see, we just concentrate on Manchester
United, he said. If we keep clean sheets and score the odd goal
here and there then we know were going to be in with a shout at
the end of the season.
Its too early to say whether were going to stay there or not, we
have to get our consistency going and make sure were performing
like we did today and well be alright.