'Watching Liverpool was agony' - full transcript of Sir Alex Ferguson's revealing interview with MUTV - Telegraph On United under Moyes I loved the Swansea game, enjoyed Saturday and Tuesday. I enjoyed the Swansea game, United were terrific but the Liverpool game was agony. I spoke to David about this after the Liverpool game. We've gone there over the years 20-odd times and played worse than that and won games and I can't believe the criticisms of United in that game. I thought David was right. They played well, could have done with a goal but in the context of my experience of going to Liverpool, I can't remember when they hardly got in our box. We deserved more. Won well against Crystal Palace. Many times they park the bus and it's difficult to break down but United were terrific on Tuesday. Wayne was fantastic. I'm pleased to see that. He's got his energy back, his purpose to attack. As a director, I'm delighted to see him back to how we remember him. What is important and key to the team is if Vida [Nemanja Vidic] stays fit. With Van Persie and Rooney, there are forwards that can win games, Valencia's back to his best. De Gea's maturing. Evra was normal and Carrick is continuing from last season. There were lots of plus points. On retirement I've enjoyed it. Obviously some things you miss and some you don't. You miss the banter in the dressing room and the humour on the training pitch and the relationships built up over long periods with so many of the coaching staff. Some things you don't miss - press conferences on a Friday that were played over and over again for the whole day. I've relaxed about retiring and I left at the right time. It was a great period of my life at United. On referee Mark Halsey's controversial new book I can't believe the stuff. The Alex Ferguson element he thought was important but most managers, particularly in the North West, and the players, supported him and his wife. The football fraternity supported him and we gave him jerseys for all of the dinners he was having and players donated items. The laughable thing is [suggesting] how I influenced the refereeing fraternity - the worst record in English football, fined about £100,000 and suspended so many times, that's some influence! It's a bit Walter Mitty this stuff. On Mark Clattenburg I don't remember that [Halsey's supposed request that Ferguson spoke out in support of Clattenburg during his race row]. I didn't need him to tell me that. I was going to be asked about that because we were playing them [Chelsea] that week. My take was 100 per cent correct and there's no way a referee would abuse a player racially. It was nonsense. It took a long time but he was cleared of it. On the future I'm going to the States on Friday. Seven weeks since my hip operation and now able to walk and back ­driving. I've got to be careful with exercise, so gym and golf are out of the question.