Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was pleased with his side's performance after a late Antonio Valencia goal secured victory over CSKA Moscow in Group B of the UEFA Champions League.

The Ecuador winger lashed the ball home on 85 minutes to give the visitors a 1-0 win in Russia.

"We wanted to go for a surge through the middle rather than in the wide positions and I think that worked quite well," Ferguson told Sky Sports.

"We had some good chances at the end of the day, we improved our goalscoring chances and we're pleased Antonio Valencia has got a good goal."

Ferguson, who had half an eye on Sunday's Premier League meeting with Liverpool, played down a potential injury to Brazilian teenager Fabio, as well as Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes, who both came off in the second half.

"Fabio was absolutely outstanding today, the boy's magnificent for 18 years of age," he added.

"He's first-class, he just had some cramp, he'll be okay. "I took Rio and Scholesy off mainly as a precaution."