Beat Wolfsburg and United will qualify for the last-16 regardless of the other game in the group. I know that. The fans the know that.
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“It was a very, very bitter defeat”.
“Yes, of course because I always gave my clubs structure and I think structure is very important in a club, but also in a company, everywhere”.
“We need to cut out the simple mistake”, said Wolfsburg’s Germany midfielder Julian Draxler.
“When the group first came out you looked at Wolfsburg and probably thought of them as the strongest team and away from home it was probably going to be our toughest game”.
“We’d like to have sown it up in the last home game but the fact is it’s still in our hands and if we win the game we know we’re through”, he said. Having got United back into the top four, the team made it through a playoff to earn a return to the lucrative and prestigious Champions League group phase.
Last season’s finalists lead Manchester City – who host Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday – by two points and need just a draw at the Sanchez Pizjuan to avoid the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the knockout phase, thanks to their better head-to-head record against the English side. Schneiderlin has not travelled to Germany because of a hip injury sustained in the 0-0 draw against West Ham United on Saturday, said the club’s website (www.manutd.com) on Monday.
“There are no gifts to share out”, said Schuerrle. The other tie sees PSV Eindhoven take on CSKA Moscow with the Dutch side looking for a win which could see them progress. We are only concentrating on ourselves.
“It is clear that for a certain period of time, while he is rebuilding the team, we have to accept playing in a certain way which perhaps isn’t the Manchester United way”.
After failing to find the net against West Ham United on Saturday, supporters are growing impatient with United’s abundant lack of goal threat – a far cry from the ever-exciting football played under the great Sir Alex Ferguson.
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“We know we will get chances, and if we convert our opportunities we can have a great game against a great club”.
