For once, someone has been willing to stand up to Sir Alex Ferguson, to ask him the tough questions and to put him on the defensive.

The interviewer, Jon Snow of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, grilled Sir Alex Ferguson on a variety of topics in conjunction with the release of his new autobiography.

While the vast majority of the UK media fawned over Ferguson, reducing Sky Sports News practically to “Sir Alex Ferguson News” today, veteran journalist Snow asked several hardball questions instead of the typical softball questions Ferguson is used to.

Watch the video here:

H/T 101GG.