Alex Ferguson reveals confidence in Premier League

Sir Alex Ferguson backs English clubs to recover from the Champions League disappointments this season.

Published: February 23 2012 | 03:57

Last updated: February 23 2012 | 16:08

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that English clubs can recover from this season's Champions League failures.

Ferguson's side and rivals Manchester City both exited this year's competition in the group stage, leaving them to begin a campaign in the Europa League knockout stage.

Despite Arsenal and Chelsea qualifying for the latter stages of the Champions League, both have suffered first-leg defeats at the hands of AC Milan and Napoli respectively.

However, Ferguson said: "Spain had a great cycle about ten years ago when Valencia, Deportivo La Coruna, Villarreal, Real Madrid and Barcelona were all dominant.

"There were three of them in the semi-finals the year Real Madrid won it. We've had a great cycle in the Premier League for the eight years, with teams getting to semi-finals and finals.

"And I don't see that subsiding, to be honest with you."

United face Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday night.

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3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	6	1	5	27	13	14	19
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9	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
10	Newcastle United Newcastle	12	5	3	4	13	13	0	18
11	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
12	Manchester United Man Utd	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	12	4	3	5	15	19	-4	15
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
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19	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
20	Southampton	12	1	1	10	9	24	-15	4