Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney spark Manchester United fightback in 3-1 victory over Sporting Braga For Ferguson, it was job done, and he is now determined to equal Liverpool's record of five European titles. He said before the game: "I think in terms of the history of our clubs, we should have one more and I want to win it again and get into the bracket of winners like Liverpool, our biggest rivals, Bayern Munich and Ajax. I think AC Milan and Real Madrid have got separated from the rest of the bench but that definitely drives me on a bit. I get really frustrated when I think about the opportunities we have had to win it, but you can't be greedy. You look at my career and I have won two European Cups and a Cup-Winners" Cup and I am proud of that. We got caught out last season and we were also careless so this year we made sure we were going to qualify and so far we have done well. This had all the makings of a dead rubber and United's curiously flat performance for 75 minutes suggested they were happy to settle for the point required to secure qualification. It was an approach that threatened to backfire. It was Smalling's central-defensive partner Jonny Evans whose lapse in concentration presented Braga with the first chance when Eder ran in behind him and sent a shot across goal without troubling birthday boy David De Gea. De Gea was subjected to a rather more nervy moment on 16 minutes when Ruben Micael bent a shot inches wide and, as Braga grew in confidence, Eder headed Hugo Viana's cross against an upright. Wayne Rooney's new role behind strikers Javier Hernández and Danny Welbeck saw United dominate large portions of possession, but the patient, measured approach had all the cutting edge of a plastic spatula. It seemed a clumsy rather than malicious challenge but Alan seized his chance to confidently beat De Gea from the spot. Shortly afterwards the floodlights went out, casting the stadium into near-darkness. A 12-minute delay followed and Ferguson warmed up the dressing room with a quick rev of the hairdryer in a bid to revitalise his players. And then there was light. Rio Ferdinand replaced Evans and United eventually benefited from the disruption. Robin van Persie, another substitute, capitalised on Braga goalkeeper Beto's decision to go walkies by guiding the ball into the corner from 30 yards. And United maintained their 100 per cent record when Rooney went down under Custodio's challenge and emphatically put away the penalty. A third in added time from Hernández completed a stirring denouement. Ferguson is not usually one to dwell on history but the last time United won their first four games, they lifted the trophy.