Ferguson expects Goodison ‘nightmare’

ALEX FERGUSON has admitted Manchester United’s trips to Everton are always “a nightmare” even without taking into account the Wayne Rooney factor.

After six days of his best player being plastered over the front pages because of those damning allegations in his private life, it took Ferguson just 16 words to inform the world he would not be responsible for any further comment.

Words might have been exchanged behind closed doors but a feature of Ferguson’s illustrious managerial career, which reaches its 700th Premier League game today, is an ability to protect his players from further suffering, whether self-inflicted or not.