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Arsene Wenger's team are at Reading tonight but Ferguson is in pole position and purring with excitement about his team, who beat Blackburn 2-0.

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Goal-den guys: Tevez and Ronaldo

The Manchester United manager, who has been at Old Trafford for 21 years, said: "I believe this is the strongest squad I've ever had.

"I prefer to see a pool of players emerge and develop into something special, which is what is happening at Old Trafford this season. We have the young players led by Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo and they have now been joined by the likes of Carlos Tevez, Nani and Anderson."

Ronaldo's two goals came in as many minutes in the first half but the talking point of the afternoon was the sending off of Rovers midfielder David Dunn.

Dunn was cautioned for pulling Tevez's shirt in the first half and then dismissed after taking Louis Saha's legs soon after half-time.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes said: "We're disappointed. We were more than in the game but lost David to a challenge that was mistimed more than anything. It wasn't violent or poor play. The game suffered because of that decision."

Ferguson acknowledged that Dunn had been rather unlucky and Blackburn can also feel aggrieved after Ronaldo appeared to shove Ryan Nelsen into the advertising hoardings late in the game.