Sport 24-11-2004 Triumph At Ferguson`s 1,000th Game who: Manchester United what: Beat Lyons 2-1 in Champions` League Group D where: Old Trafford, MANCHESTER when: Last night snippet: "It was perhaps appropriate the man Sir Alex Ferguson hailed as the finest finisher in Manchester United`s history should score the goal to clinch victory in the Old Trafford boss`s 1,000th game in charge," muses Martin Rogers in The Mirror after Dutch international Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his 36th goal in 37 Champions` League matches, adding to Gary Neville`s opener to seal a 2-1 defeat of Lyons in Group D last night. "I was feeling a bit nervy all day," Sir Alex admitted afterwards, says The Scotsman. "What if it all fell flat? What if we lost?" He might have been jittery when Mahamadou Diarra equalised with a lucky shot from distance, but he need not have worried. "Where there is Van Nistelrooy there is hope," says The Telegraph`s Henry Winter. "I was ecstatic with the second half," says Ferguson, quoted by the BBC. "There was a lot of composure and of course Ruud scored another for us... Lyon are a very good side, undefeated this season, and it always takes a lot to beat a side like that." [... more]

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