Premiership: Schmeichel backs Barthez

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel today addressed the Old Trafford goalkeeping crisis and sided with under-fire Fabien Barthez, declaring: ‘‘We all go through bad times.’’

French shot-stopper Barthez has helped derail Alex Ferguson’s final campaign as manager with an astonishing series of blunders that have contributed to the Red Devils’ slump to ninth in the Premiership.