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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Premier League title was lost against Everton at Old Trafford.
United were leading 4-2 with seven minutes remaining but somehow contrived to concede two goals and drop two crucial points to their title-chasing rivals Manchester City.
The Old Trafford chief reckons his side should have adopted the same approach as that employed by his City counterpart, Roberto Mancini, who shut up shop at the Etihad Stadium in the final stages of their derby clash last week.
On those two crucial games, Ferguson said: "In the end we just ran out of time, as Mancini made changes to give him five at the back.
"It's the Italian mentality - and maybe we should sometimes go down that road.
"We could certainly have done with bolting up the game against Everton. If we had done just a fraction of what City did, I would probably be saying quite a different thing.
"It is not in our nature to put up the shutters and I like to think that it is our attacking, adventurous approach that has made United famous.
"On balance it's a policy that has also served us well in terms of trophies. But if we lose the league this year there is no doubt the pivotal match was the 4-4 draw."
