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当地时间11月2日，英超曼联作客法兰西球场同里尔队进行了一场欧洲冠军联赛D组第4轮的较量。结果客队0：1落败。目前积5分的曼联在D组仅排名第3，落后于积6分的比利亚雷亚尔和同积5分的里尔队，出线形势不容乐观。
据路透社11月2日报道，赛后，曼联主教练弗格森将本队失利的原因归咎于法兰西球场：“这是一场十分困难的比赛。场地条件太差了。”赛后有些恼羞成怒的弗格森甚至拒绝和对方主教练普尔握手。
“这场比赛我们本不应该输的，但我们打得不够好，没能获胜。”弗格森表示：“在接下来对阵比利亚雷亚尔队的比赛中，我们一定要全力争胜。在本场比赛中，我的队员们已经尽力了。他们对待比赛的态度是认真的。他们还年轻，还缺乏经验。在比赛中，你可以给年轻球员机会，但你不能期盼他们给你带来任何改变。”
曼联主力前锋、荷兰人范·尼斯特鲁伊赛后表示，下一场曼联对阵西班牙比利亚雷亚尔队的比赛，将关系到曼联能否最终进军16强。“那将是一场大战，”荷兰人表示：“我们目前正在经历一段十分困难的时期，但一切还在我们的掌控之中。”
在本周日的英超联赛中，曼联将做客斯坦福桥，对阵以13分优势领跑英超的切尔西队。“这将是一次重任，”弗格森表示：“但球场条件将会变得好些。”
赛后，里尔队主教练普尔认为本队获胜合情合理。他说：“今晚我们打得很漂亮。在欧洲冠军联赛中，我们一场比一场打得好。虽然曼联有些失望，但我们的确配得上这场比赛的胜利。”
对于本队的表现，普尔表示：“本场比赛我们的防线一直表现得很稳固。我惟一的遗憾就是没能在比赛中再打进对手一球。但只洞穿对手球门一次就置对方于死地，这是一个了不起的成绩。”普尔最后还不忘提醒自己的球员不要忘记比赛还没有完全结束。他说：“不论发生什么情况，我们一定会从比利亚雷亚队手中抢过出线权的。”里尔接下来将在小组最后两轮先主后客对阵目前D组“领头羊”比利亚雷亚尔队。
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson backed his players despite another poor performance in the 1-0 defeat by Lille in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Ferguson preferred to blame the Stade de France pitch to explain a loss that adds to United's woes four days after they were thrashed 4-1 by Middlesbrough in the Premier League.
"It was a difficult game. The pitch was poor," said Ferguson, who declined to shake hands with his Lille counterpart Claude Puel at the final whistle.
"I don't think we deserved to lose but we did not play well enough to win," he added.
United are now level on five points with Lille in Group D, one behind Villareal who beat Benfica 1-0 to top the group.
"We will certainly have to win the game against Villareal," said Ferguson, who will welcome back midfielder Paul Scholes from suspension.
"I think my players tried their best. They had a good attitude ahead of the game. They are young, they are inexperienced. You have to trust your young players but you can't expect them to change things."
United's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy said qualification for the last 16 could hinge on the game against Villareal.
"That's a massive game now," van Nistelrooy told Sky Sports. "It's a hard period we are going through right now. But it's still in our own hands."
United travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday to play runaway Premier League leaders Chelsea, whom they trail by 13 points.
"It's going to be a difficult task. But the pitch will be better," added Ferguson. Lille coach Puel said his team deserved to win.
"We had a great game tonight. We have been improving throughout the competition," he said.
"Manchester United can be disappointed but we deserved to win."
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Milenko Acimovic scored the games's only goal on 38 minutes to give his side their first victory in this year's competition.
"We have been very solid. The only regret I have is that we have not been able to score another goal," Puel said.
"But conceding only one chance to Manchester United and beating them is a great achievement."
However, Puel warned his squad against complacency.
"Whatever happens, I can say we will have to snatch our qualification at Villareal," he said.
Lille next play hosts to Benfica before travelling to Spain in the final round of group matches.
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