Boss: I Couldn't See Us Losing

Far from being apopletic about another see-saw match, Sir Alex Ferguson seemed almost calm after a crazy second half against Liverpool almost threatened to take away two more points from his team.

The manager insisted he wasn't worried by the Merseysiders' recovery from 2-0 down to 2-2; his belief that United were far better than the visitors was eventually justified, of course, by Dimitar Berbatov scoring his and the Reds' decisive third goal.

"Liverpool didn't offer anything really, did they?" said Sir Alex.

"They depended on two decisions from the referee and linesmen to get them back in the game - a penalty kick and a freee kick. I've watched the free-kick since and [Fernando] Torres definitely made a meal of it [John O'Shea's challenge]. There's absolutely no doubt. He tried to get our player sent off."

Torres also won the spot-kick for his side, drawing a foul from United defender Jonny Evans - recalled in the absence of the flu-hit Rio Ferdinand. But the Liverpool striker was otherwise ineffective as Nemanja Vidic improved on his past displays against the Spaniard.

"It's what we expected from Nemanja," said Sir Alex. "When he's fit, as he was today, he can play against anyone. He's so strong.

"[Consequently] Edwin van der Sar didn't have a save to make, Paul Scholes was controlling the centre of midfield, we looked dangerous up front with Nani, who struck the post, and Berbatov in particular.

"At 2-0 I thought we might get a cricket score. We were so dominant, I couldn't see us losing the game."

United did lose the lead, of course, but Sir Alex didn't regard this as a repeat of last Saturday's situation when the Reds switched off to allow Everton to score twice.

"I spoke last week about our concentration but today that was spot on, our concentration was excellent. The two goals we conceded today were not caused by bad defending but bad decisions.

"I suppose you could say that's football. And it added to the drama, the way in which we got the winning goal."

Sir Alex was speaking to MUTV and Sky Sports.