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Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
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Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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