Tonight, Manchester United take on the Champions League defending Champions, Bayern Munich. A repeat of the epic 1998 Champions league final in which Manchester United, 1-0 down and with just 3 minutes of added time, scored two goals to win the Champions League.
The match will take place at Old Trafford. Manchester United will need to play a defensivley perfect game if they are to keep out Pep Guardiola's men, and create chances on the counter attack and will have to convert any chances they get. Manchester United were in Group A along with Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, and Real Sociedad. The Red Devils came out on top with 14 points advancing to the Round of 16 where they faced Olympiacos. They lost 2-0 in the first-leg in Athens, but then at Old Trafford, Van Persie scored a hat-trick to get Manchester United into the quarter-finals.
Defending Champions, Bayern Munich go to Manchester with confidence as they are in good form and are the clear favourites to go on to the semi-finals, and even defend their title as Pep Guardiola's style of play can break down any top side. Bayern Munich were in Group D along with Manchester City, CSKA Moskva, and Plzen. They tied for first place with Manchester City with 15 points. Bayern Munich beat Arsenal in the Round of 16 with an aggregate scoreline of 3-1.
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