Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs
said on Monday that his side will not
consider themselves underdogs when they
tackle all-conquering defending champions
Bayern Munich in the Champions League
quarter-finals.
While Bayern have gone from strength to
strength under new coach Pep Guardiola,
successfully defending their Bundesliga title
in record time, United have endured a torrid
season under their new manager, David
Moyes.
United are currently 17 points off the pace
in the Premier League and probably need to
win the Champions League to qualify for next
season’s competition, but Giggs says that
they are undaunted by the prospect of facing
Bayern in Tuesday’s first leg at Old Trafford.
“Bayern are the holders and Pep Guardiola
has taken over and added a few new players,
and they are a very strong team.
“They’re the favourites in most people’s
eyes. But we are Manchester United and at
Old Trafford we have had so many great
nights.
“We don’t see ourselves as underdogs; we see
ourselves as Manchester United playing at
home. It is going to be tough, but it is
always is in the quarter-finals of the
Champions League. We are looking forward
to it.”
Giggs, 40, is the only surviving member of
the United team that famously stunned
Bayern with two injury-time goals in the final
of the 1999 tournament in Barcelona.
He has now taken up a player-coach role, but
when he was asked by a journalist if he could
ever see himself succeeding Moyes, he was
prevented from answering by the United
press officer.
United’s struggles have seen Moyes’s position
come under scrutiny in recent weeks,
particularly in the light of 3-0 losses at home
to both Liverpool and Manchester City.
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