19th Title! Champions United!

Sir Alex Ferguson last night set his sights on Manchester United's 20th league title after leading them to a record 19th with a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.

The most successful manager in the history of British football will be 70 at the end of this year, but he has no intention of stepping aside now that he has overtaken Liverpool's previous record of 18 titles - an amazing achievement given that, in, 1990 the 'score' was 18-7.

'I'm well and will be going on,' said Ferguson.

'It was a fantastic performance by the lads and the supporters and for everybody connected with the club. In terms of achievement, it's a great day. The atmosphere today was incredible. The supporters got behind us. We gave away a bad goal but they kept on.

'In the Eighties it was all Liverpool so it was a big challenge for us. When I came down from Scotland, getting the first title was significant and there were some great teams after that. The 1993-94 team won the first Double in the club's history and since then it has been done two or three times. Success has carried on - all the players that come here know they have to win.

'It's not so much passing Liverpool. That thing about knocking Liverpool off their perch, I don't think I actually said it, but it's more important that United are the best team in the country in terms of winning titles.

'When we look back, the area in which we are most disappointed in is our away form, where we've had nine draws. The focus will be our away form, but the home form was fantastic,' he said.

'But we dropped points to Blackburn, West Brom, Bolton, Birmingham, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Newcastle. That is an indication of how tough the league is.'

United started the season by going unbeaten in the first 24 games, finally losing 2-1 to Wolves in February, a defeat that Ferguson believes did his team good in the long run.

'We went on a great run at the start of the season, but once we got that result against us it allowed us to focus again on winning the league,' he said.