No early exit for United — Fergie

MANCHESTER-Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson vowed there would be no repeat of last season’s early Champions League exit as he prepared for tonight’s opening Group H fixture at home to Galatasaray.

Report by Reuters
The triple European champions failed to progress from the group stage in 2011-2012 after suffering a shock 2-1 defeat by Swiss club Basle in their final fixture.

  “We’ve lost two finals to Barcelona and won two other finals in the last decade or so, but we want to do better,” Ferguson told the club’s website (www.

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