No handshake between Jose Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson after San Siro stalemate

Sir Alex Ferguson last night warned his great rival Jose Mourinho he will finish off his Champions League hopes at Old Trafford.

Manchester United dominated against Mourinho's Inter Milan at the San Siro but left without a precious away goal. And Fergie left without a handshake from the Inter boss.

But Ferguson believes United - who set a Champions League record of 20 successive games unbeaten - will sweep aside their Italian opponents in the return leg in a fortnight.

Fergie said: "We're disappointed not to win after the way we played.

"But the next leg is at Old Trafford, where we have such a great record so we feel we can go on and win the tie.

"The tie is not finished but at home we feel we have what it takes to win.

"We came to this stadium two years ago and lost to AC Milan in the semi-finals. But you can see the development and maturity of the team with this performance."

Fergie sprang a major surprise by leaving star strike Wayne Rooney on the bench.

Rooney only came on with 10 minutes to go but Fergie explained his decision and said: "I didn't think Jonny Evans was going to make it and I felt we lacked a bit of height which was a weakness.

"So I decided to go with one striker and the height of Dimitar Berbatov. He played up front on his own and I thought he did really well."

Mourinho complained to the referee throughout the match but Fergie praised the Spanish official for his performance.

Fergie said: "Jose was complaining because the ref wasn't intimidated. That's what Jose wanted but I thought the ref was superb."

Despite failing to score against United, Mourinho claimed his side can still go through at Old Trafford.

Mourinho said: "I've drawn at home 0-0 in the Champions League before and gone through. United played very well in the first half, with great intensity but we controlled them better in the second half.

"If the ref at Old Trafford gives as much protection to us as he did to United in this game, then we will be going through."

Mourinho failed to shake hands with Fergie at the final whistle but said there was no problem between the two of them.

He said: "My dugout is special. I have a door that lets me leave immediately. Yesterday I left Sir Alex a £300 bottle of wine at his hotel with a card saying I would see him after the game. I'm his friend and always close to him. There's no problem."

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