Smalling keen for Bridge return

04 April 2011 09:00
Chris Smalling is still smarting over the penalty decision which cost Manchester United in last month's defeat at Chelsea as he prepares for Wednesday night's Champions League showdown at Stamford Bridge. United will travel to west London for their quarter-final first leg five weeks after losing 2-1 in the Barclays Premier League to Carlo Ancelotti`s side, with Smalling having conceded the spot-kick for what proved the Blues' winning goal. The defender was controversially adjudged to have tripped Yury Zhirkov, one of several decisions that went against the visitors and sent manager Sir Alex Ferguson over the edge, earning him a touchline ban. Smalling said: "I still don't think it was a penalty and that I was hard done by. "But you get those in your career and what's important is how you react. "I've managed to be involved, play games and keep my momentum going. I don't feel I've got anything to prove."

Source: PA