Boss: We Will Not Be Complacent

Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted United will not be complacent in the title chase, despite going 15 points clear of Manchester City at the head of the Barclays Premier League.

The Reds are on course to avenge last term's final-day heartbreak following a 1-0 win against Reading but there are still nine matches to go. Sir Alex felt it wasn't a top performance on Saturday but stresses that his squad rotation will pay off after the international break.

"You don't get points and medals for being complacent and we won't be," he told MUTV. "I think the players are conscious of the importance of the games now and that concentration, which has improved, has helped us do that [in terms of keeping clean sheets].

"I think, before the game, we always thought that winning was the important thing today. It wasn't a great performance but where we are now is not down to today, but the last six months. The team has shown great consistency and played a lot of great football. Our goal difference is big over City now - 13 goals. It's a great position to be in, but the only thing we can do is win our next game."

Rio Ferdinand is to link up with England after playing his part in creating Wayne Rooney's winner and the boss will face an anxious wait before all the international players hopefully return fit and well.

"The problem I've got is a lot of players are away on international duty and play two games," added Sir Alex. "They come back and then we've got a lunchtime game against Sunderland on Saturday [30 March] and then it's lunchtime again against Chelsea on the Monday. We have a squad to use it and that's what we did today."