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Watch VfB Stuttgart vs Eintracht Frankfurt Live StreamingAnd do it United did. From the dominance of their performance right through to the last-minute header from Wayne Rooney that sealed a deserved victory in the tie itself, Ferguson and his players were not prepared to lie down.
It is that cussed streak that has been the hallmark of the Scot's incredible 23-year Old Trafford journey.
That Mark Robins goal at Nottingham Forest. Winning the title a year after throwing it away. Proving Alan Hansen wrong by winning lots with kids, the threat of those Arsenal Invincibles and Jose Mourinho's Chelsea and now the oil-fired boom at City.
As someone who thrives on confrontation and challenge, Ferguson is brilliant at sniffing them out, prodding them to see whether they are worth the effort, and then going for the kill. At 68 his hunger and appetite to fight is truly remarkable.
He hated it, but there was a time when the chatter around United - not inside it of course - centred around when Ferguson would finally call it a day.
