Giggs Enjoying Central Role For Manchester United

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Ryan Giggs lined up in a slightly unfamiliar role in central midfield yesterday, and repaid his manager's faith in his 35 year-old legs by producing a performance of dominance and control that was one of the central factors in United's impressive 3-0 victory.

The Welshman enjoyed the match too, although he acknowledged that he had some hard-running help alongside him in the engine room, with Darren Fletcher and Park Ji-Sung harrying and chasing for him.

"I am enjoying the role," Giggs said earlier. "I am not able to run up and down the wing like I used to so I just use my experience, either playing off the front or in central midfield. I have the legs of the younger lads around me to rely on and I feel quite happy in there."

The veteran also stated that, although the result would give the Red Devils a big boost in their title bid, there were still stern challenges to come. Giggs, a veteran of ten title-winning teams, showed all his experience when commenting that United will be doing everything to ensure that their focus doesn't wander from the task at hand.

"It is going to be tough," he said. "Aston Villa are playing some good stuff and Liverpool are top of the league at the moment. One result against Chelsea is not going to win us the league but it gives us confidence going into a tough week with Wigan and Bolton to come."

As for Rafael Benitez's somewhat surprising rant ahead of the weekend's fixtures on Friday, Giggs was paying little attention to the Liverpool manager's words.

"Benítez's comments don't make any difference to us," the United man added. "Players don't tend to get involved with the psychological side. They just go out and perform. Games and championships are won on the pitch. [Benítez's comments] had no bearing on yesterday's game and I don't think they will have any bearing on the rest of the season either."

Zack Wilson, Goal.com