Sir Alex final game at Old Trafford and his 1499th game in charge of Manchester United ultimately ended in a victory and his 895th as a United Manager but it came with a struggle.
Sir Alex walked out to a guard of honour and the whole ground swathed in red flags to give the Legend a royal send off and typical responded with his trademark fist punch to get the crowd going.
In between the Sir Alex exit and the impending departure of Rooney, a certain Mr Scholes was making his last appearance at Old Trafford but otherwise a strong United Line up with Hernandez partnering RVP up front. It was Hernandez who nearly broke the deadlock on 5 minutes when a ball through by RVP saw his shot cannon off the bar.
It was a difficult day for Swansea but they stood firm with Williams and Flores standing tall at the back and snuffing most threats. Scholes had a brief look at goal following good work by Kagawa but the shot was weak, Tremmel in the Swansea goal made a good save via Evra. Hernandez was United chief threat and he had a lash at goal but no success but moments later a free kick whipped in saw it deflect of Williams and Hernandez needed no second invitation and he blasted in to give United the Lead.
RVP had a chance to double the lead but hi vicious shot was blocked by Tremmel and United went into the break a goal up. The second half saw Swansea start brightly and there reward saw an early equaliser. Michu met a cross and just beat Phil Jones head to flick the ball past De Gea to silence the crowd.
Routledge had a chance to give the Swans the lead when he outpaced Ferdinand but Rio persistence managed to put him off and the ball was poked wide. The hour mark saw 3 close chances with Hernandez going very close for United and then we saw Scholes depart the field for the last time at Old Trafford after a solid 60 minutes. His replacement Anderson went close but his shot just brushed the post.
As time was going by many on the stands were hoping for a goal in Fergie time but a late goal duly arrived. Fergies first game at Old Trafford was a 1-0 win over QPR scored by a defender Sivebaek and it was fitting a defender scored the winner at the Stretford End when Rio Ferdinand rifled the ball from a corner to cue wild celebrations and his first goal in 5 years.
The game ended and the party just started, United won the game and the title and Sir Alex signed off in true grand style.
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