Alex Ferguson on Old Trafford’s North Stand being named after him:

“I didn’t know anything about it. My family didn’t know. Mike Phelan knew about it but never told me. So he’s sacked”

Alex Ferguson after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Sunderland:

“I think there was some anxiety about our play but credit to Sunderland because they battled hard. They are going through a sticky patch but I can’t see how they’re going to be in trouble. Steve [Bruce] is a great manager and has done fantastically well. I didn’t expect that [the presentation] today. I felt very honoured and emotional to see my name on that stand. I didn’t know a thing about it.”

Kenny Dalglish on a disappointing 0-0 draw with Swansea

“We did not do what we are capable of today and credit to Swansea for that. I am disappointed with the level of performance we produced but, as much as we have to respect the opposition, we need to see what we can do not to repeat a performance like that again.”

Steve Bruce on another defeat at Old Trafford

“I’m never destined to get everything here [at Old Trafford]. I think I’ve had all my good times. For all United’s great play to lose to an own goal from a set piece is disappointing. Wes Brown couldn’t do much about it. I think we have the nucleus of a very good squad and we’ve seen signs here again. We’ll keep plodding away and hopefully things will change.”

Alex McLeish after Darren Bent and Gabriel Agbonlahor combined to beat Norwich 3-2:

“I don’t know, it’s obviously down to Fabio Capello and his thinking and his style of place and he does have other choices. Sometimes the jigsaw doesn’t always fit together as well as it has for us but they were certainly eye-catching.”