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Roberto Mancini recently insisted that Manchester United's late goals were a sign of luck but the Red Devils boss hits back, saying that his side could be even further ahead Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson argues that rivals and reigning Premier League champions Manchester City are "lucky" to be only 12 points behind the Red Devils. The Scot's comments come in response to Roberto Mancini's recent claims that the league leaders have had the rub of the green on numerous occasions this season, a comment to which the 71-year-old did not take too kindly. Sir Alex retorted to reporters: "He's lucky they are only 12 points behind. Scoring late goals isn't lucky - we've only been doing it for 25 years. It's a terrible habit. United welcome La Liga champions Real Madrid and former United favourite Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford on Tuesday but insists that Saturday's clash against Norwich City remains a must-win affair. "The league games are even more important because we don't want to give our immediate opponents an advantage," Sir Alex continued. GAME, SET & MATCH?

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"That accentuates it more for me and that's Man.City 27 16 8 3 26 56 why I place so much importance on Norwich because it's a game we must win. The similarities to 1999 are that our FA Cup run was a really hard one and our European ties were really hard. "We were in a group with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, then we got a quarter-final against Inter and a semi-final against Juventus. This year the group stage was okay but we got Real Madrid straight up.

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"In the FA Cup we've had Premier League teams all the time, which we also experienced in 1999. I don't think the difficult games will be a problem. "I think we're looking forward to them, knowing we have to be at our best, as we were in 1999. The big difference is we have a stronger squad now than we did back then." Madrid's build-up to the Champions League clash will have included two meetings with Barcelona, and after watching them beat Jordi Roura's side 3-1 at Camp Nou on Tuesday in the Copa del Rey, Sir Alex is hugely impressed with Jose Mourinho's team. "I was shocked," he revealed. "I thought Real Madrid were magnificent, I really did. They were absolutely brilliant and won well with Ronaldo, Angel Di Maria and Mesut Ozil on the counterattack.

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