Rio - We didn't deserve it

Manchester United defensive stalwarts Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic conceded that they did not deserve to win the UEFA Champions League final.

Barcelona triumphed 2-0 in Rome with a goal in each half from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was quick to admit that Barca deserved to win, and both Ferdinand and Vidic echoed those thoughts.

"We didn't come here and give a good account of ourselves," Ferdinand told Sky Sports News.

"We have played better 99 per cent of the time this season, but saying that we created four or five good opportunities to score, but they scored two goals at crucial times and two bad goals on our part.

"But we have no arguments, they were the better team on the day, you have got to do it on the day - if we played better or played to our strengths it would have been a different game, but if you don't do it on the day you don't deserve to win."

Vidic agreed, adding: "We didn't play well.

"They had a good game and scored at the right time - then we chased the game and they had space to counter attack us, they deserved to win."

Left-back Patrice Evra was equally disappointed.

"You can have a lot of excuses, but I am disappointed as we didn't see Manchester United playing quick - we were slow and we didn't press enough and you didn't see the character of Manchester United tonight," he concluded.