Manchester United manager Michael Carrick said he hoped Sunday\u2019s 3\u20132 victory over Liverpool would provide Sir Alex Ferguson “a good boost” after the former manager was taken to hospital ahead of kickoff.<\/p>\n
Carrick addressed assembled media after the win and was candid about the limited information available to him. “I haven’t got any updates so I don’t know the latest. I did hear about it before the game so I was aware about that.<\/p>\n
All I can say is I was very affected by the news. I hope he is all right. We hope him to be in good shape and we we wish him all the best and hopefully the result gives him a good boost.” The win secured Champions League qualification for United but focus shifted quickly to Ferguson’s condition rather than the celebrations.<\/p>\n
Only a few updates emerged after the hospitalisation. The Press Association quoted a source who described the former manager as “O.K.” on the day of his admission.<\/p>\n
Concerns over Ferguson’s health have been heightened by his age and a well-documented past medical emergency. The former Aberdeen and Scotland boss underwent emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage in 2018. Reflecting on that episode in his documentary Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In, Ferguson said, \u201cThere were five brain hemorrhages that day,\u201d and recalled the scale of what happened: \u201cThree died. Two survived. You know you are lucky.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a beautiful day, I remember that. I wondered how many sunny days I would ever see again. I found that difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferguson went on to make a full recovery and returned to Old Trafford five months later, where he received a 27-minute standing ovation, one minute for each year of his trophy-laden tenure. Carrick and the club have since awaited clearer updates on his condition while the squad prepares for the next fixtures of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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