Ferguson undaunted by plastic pitch

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has no concerns about the artificial surface for their Champions League tie against CSKA Moscow. United last night trained on the plastic pitch to be used for the Group B encounter at Luzhniki Stadium. Ferguson admits CSKA do have a considerable home advantage but, after doing thorough homework on the opposition, is confident that can be overcome. The Scot said: "We have analysed CSKA Moscow quite a lot in the last couple of weeks. "It is quite an interesting combination they have, mostly experienced players in the back four and younger players in the front line. "They are a good football team. They love to keep the ball down all the time and that has a lot to do with the pitch." United are without a number of key players for the game in Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher, Patrice Evra and Park Ji-Sung.

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ITN | October 21, 2009

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