Ferguson happy with Valencia progress

The Ecuador winger endured a slow start to life at Old Trafford following his £17m move from Wigan Athletic during the summer.

But Valencia is now making a major impact. After finding the net in consecutive matches against Bolton Wanderers and CSKA Moscow last month, he made the Russians suffer once more on Tuesday when he capped a man-of-the-match display with an injury-time equaliser that admittedly came courtesy of a very big deflection.

Ferguson was always aware of Valencia's pace, which was so obvious during his time with the Latics.

However, the United manager stressed to the South American the importance of increasing his goals output.

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