After recent encounters between the sides much of the post-match analysis focused on the frosty relationship between Ferguson and former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez.
Promoter Frank Warren immediately promised the lively crowd a re-match between the Liverpool rivals, whose bitter personal relationship had dominated the build up to the bout.
Everybody struggles to maintain his or her temper, knowing that even the tightest relationship can dissolve into a hysterical screaming match after 36 hours without sleep.
Mr Wieting of Citi reckons that payrolls would have to grow by 800, 000 a month to match the performance of profits, based on their historical relationship.
While HTC has apparently entered into a "close relationship" with Microsoft and Windows Phone 8, there will be nothing to match the scale of HTC's Sense additions to Android.
The gifted but inconsistent performer's relationship with his club and manager have often been strained, prompting Mancini to once remark after a match that if Balotelli had been a teammate during his own playing days, he may have given him a punch in the head every day.