Reaction from Sunday's Premier League action, with Manchester City boss Mark Hughes defending Craig Bellamy after the striker appeared to clash with a fan on the pitch at Old Trafford.
Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City
Alex Ferguson: "Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour. You cannot do anything about that. They will always be noisy. You just have to get on with your life, put your television on and turn it up a bit louder. Today the players showed their form. That is the best answer of all. The fact we made those mistakes probably made it the best derby game of all time. What would you rather have, a 6-0 win or the greatest derby of all time? I would prefer to win 6-0."
Mark Hughes: "I did not see it but the guy should not have been on the pitch. That is not acceptable. I seem to recall Brian Clough clipping someone around the ear and he was lauded as a national hero. Maybe it will be the same case with Craig but I doubt it. I'm sure people will make a nuisance about it."
Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham
Carlo Ancelotti: "We hope tomorrow we will have a precise diagnosis of the situation (with Didier Drogba). It is a calf injury but he felt that he had cramp. If it is cramp, it is good for us (but) I think we can play well without Didier... I don't know if Tottenham should have had a penalty, I am not a referee. I do not like to speak about the job of the referee. I prefer to speak about the match. It was very important to win this game. It was a derby and we played well against a very good team."
Harry Redknapp: "It was a nailed-on penalty but he (Keane) tried to stay up. They don't want people diving, but if he felt he dived, why didn't he give him a yellow or a red card? It's either a penalty or a red card. We had a diabolical penalty decision at Old Trafford last season when we were 2-0 up and he gave it. He apologised for that... Once we lost Ledley (King) there was no way we could deal with Didier Drogba. Ledley has done his hamstring. Bassong doesn't look too good, either. He got a bang on the head and his eye's all swollen up. I think the doctor has taken him to hospital with concussion."
Everton 3-0 Blackburn
David Moyes: "I enjoyed the result and the performance. At times we were very good. Blackburn made it difficult, particularly in the first half, but we were able to defend their set pieces. I think Saha is a terrific player and he's right up there with the best I've ever worked with. With the quality of the players we have, we're much better than we've shown so far."
Sam Allardyce: "I think we were poor to be honest. We've got no resilience away from home. We let ourselves down on set pieces and gave Everton an easy victory. We could have stopped two goals from a corner and a free-kick. We're not getting the results we need to avoid struggling this season. It's a disappointing result and a disappointing performance but its one we need to get over."
Wolves 2-1 Fulham
Mick McCarthy: "We won't win anything if we don't work hard. I thought it was a really good performance. We were energetic, we closed them down and pressed the ball really well. There have to be a lot of good performances for us to have won that game but I thought Christophe Berra was a difference class. In the last 10 minutes when they were throwing balls into the box he headed everything."
Roy Hodgson: "We left it late to start playing the football we should be playing. All credit to Wolves, their pressurising and controlled aggression made life difficult. We didn't deal with that very well at all, it's as simple as that. I don't think there was anything about our play as such, it was more we didn't do well against them. But I thought it was a performance, for 60 minutes, most unlike us. I've not seen us give the ball away or miss as many passes as much as we did in that game."
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