Premature proclamations of Manchester United as the new Invincibles were proven more regrettable than first suspected on Saturday as they lost 2-1 to last-place Wolves (see highlights here).
Before the match even began, Rio Ferdinand picked up a calf injury during warm-ups that will keep him out for two weeks. Despite that bad omen, Man United skipped out to a quick lead with a Nani goal in the third minute. Wolves fought back with goals from George Elokobi and Kevin Doyle before halftime, though. And as Elokobi says, as they sat in the dressing room during the break, they knew they would have more than just 45 minutes to go. They knew that since they were facing Man United and Alex Ferguson, there would be the inevitable lengthy period of Fergie Time tacked on to the end of the match.
From TeamTalk:
Wolves had to survive more than five minutes of stoppage time at the end of the game and Elokobi told ESPN: "When we came in at half-time I said to the boys 'We will have to play for 50 minutes because against United you know there will be five minutes injury-time. But everyone dug in and we ended up winning."
Though Fergie Time has saved Man United from embarrassment many times before, it didn't do them any good this time. And now that teams are mentally preparing themselves for prolonged added time when they have a lead on Man United, is the hoodoo of it vanquished? If it is, fear not, Man United fans because Fergie has already developed a new bit of sorcery to give his side an advantage whenever they find themselves in trouble. It's called a "Fergie Shock" and it involves having recently retired Gary Neville zap the opposing goalkeeper with a cattle prod when no one's looking.
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