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Fergie promises to attack

02 May 2007 - 12:38:47

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has vowed to carry on attacking against AC Milan in the second leg of their Champions League clash at the San Siro.

United hold only a slender 3-2 advantage from last week's first encounter at Old Trafford, but Ferguson is in a bullish mood.

"If you're realistic then you know that AC Milan, in their own ground, will be huge favourites to score," said the veteran Scot.

"We hope we can avoid that, but the safety net of scoring yourself and having an attacking emphasis is important.

"I don't think sitting on the edge of our box would do me any good, or my team or our fans. If we're going to do it, we'll do it our way. If we're going to lose, we'll do it our way.

"It's obviously going to have to be a massive performance and I think we have to score. I think we saw the quality of AC Milan in the first game, so we know the task.

"We have to perform at a very high level but I think we're capable of that and hopefully that is the case.

"The bigger the game, the more goals seem to change the pattern of it.

"Our main aim will be to have an attacking emphasis with our discipline. We will have some discipline about our game here.

"The nature of big games and playing away from home means that possession of the ball is the most important thing."