Fletcher Now the Mean Man ; Midfielder Is Proving Keane Wrong

Daily Mail › September 12, 2009

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OF ALL the questions he has been asked already this season, there is one that Sir Alex Ferguson will not answer. Why did you lose the Champions League final last May? However, it is not difficult to work it out for ourselves with the benefit of hindsight.

Poor defending. The anonymity of Cristiano Ronaldo and the Brazilian Anderson. And the absence of Darren Fletcher. 'If they ever needed Fletcher it was in the Champions League final against Barcelona,' former Scotland and Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness told Sportsmail this week. 'On the night, Anderson wasn't up to the task of stopping their footballers from playing. Fletcher would have done that and given his defenders protection and provided the platform for the front players. He would have made the difference.'

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Fletcher Now the Mean Man ; Midfielder Is Proving Keane Wrong

Who would have thought it? Darren Fletcher the difference between winning and losing the greatest club prize on earth. The same Darren Fletcher who was ridiculed by supporters - they used to call him 'Fergie's son' - and dismissed by his former captain and teamma...

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