Pray for a miracle: Moyes knows United's Champions League hopes are slim as imperious Bayern roll into town for crunch clash

Running: United were put through their paces on the eve of their biggest game of the season

Wayne Rooney preparing for Bayern

Talisman: There is a lot of pressure on the shoulders of Wayne Rooney going into the game

German rival: The Bayern Munich coach is quite conspicuous in Manchester

The make-do-and-mend approach to selection for the Olympiacos game in the last round – that featured a recall for Giggs – was enough to get them through on an exciting night. It was still seats of the pants stuff, though, and United must find something at least 50 per cent more convincing than that if they aren’t going to head to Germany with the second leg all but academic a week on Tuesday.
Certainly, Moyes knows the size of the task. Yet again he suggested he needs time in his job to build a new United. The job in front of him , though, is perhaps greater than anything he has faced in 15 years of management.
'I came into this competition as a really inexperienced manager in the Champions League but we have done well and now we have the ultimate test in Bayern Munich,' he said.
'I am really looking forward to coming up against Pep, it is the first time I have done but I have no doubt I will be doing it many times in the future.
'He had a year to get ready for the Bayern job and has done incredibly well with them.
'I think that the pressure is equally balanced. We want to win the game as much as Bayern Munich.
“We go into the game knowing that on our day we are as good a side as any. We don’t show it often enough but I have great belief in the players.'
For Moyes to suggest his team are a match for any other is peculiar. It runs contrary to what he suggested in a press conference last Friday – when he said his predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson would have struggled with these players – and also flies in the face of plain  evidence.
Apart from the Olympiacos result, United’s most impressive achievement this season was beating Arsenal 1-0 at home back in November, something that looks less notable with each passing week. On Tuesday Moyes must dip his hand in to a box marked ‘miracle’ and hope.

Veteran: Ryan Giggs was instrumental in their Champions League victory over Olympiacos in the last round

Issue: It was the Robin van Persie show but he's now on the injury list and won't feature against Bayern

Pointing the way: Arjen Robben arriving at Manchester Airport ahead of the match on Tuesday

In terms of his approach, it would have been easy to borrow some of his predecessor’s gung-ho vernacular. As it was, Moyes hinted at some caution, suggesting that perhaps too much emphasis on front-foot football tonight could rebound in the goals against column.
'It is a two-legged game and we have to make sure the two legs are important, both games,' he said.
'We have to be mindful that we want to go out to Germany with an opportunity to go through.
'Bayern are probably the side most people have looked to recently.
'But we have go into the game knowing we have to get a good result to take it to Germany and we will try to do that.'
Moyes has been criticised by some United supporters for his rather cautious rhetoric this season. Ultimately, that doesn’t really matter.
The United manager meets Europe’s best coach and its best team tonight. Here, he was right to be reserved.

Imperious: Bayern are the reigning champions and look to be favourites to take another trophy

Heart-breakers: They have already put out Arsenal in the last round of the Champions League

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Last Gasp Goals save Chelsea and Manchester United

Frank Lampard eased the pressure on Luiz Felipe Scolari after his late winner completed a dramatic comeback at Stamford Bridge.

An inspired display from Thomas Sorensen had kept Chelsea at bay, before Rory Delap grabbed an unlikely lead for Stoke.

But Juliano Belletti came off the bench to head a dramatic late leveller, before Lampard fired a deflected winner on 90 minutes.

WHILE,

Dimitar Berbatov fired Manchester United to the top of the Premier League.

The Bulgarian striker left it late before heading home in the final minute.

United now lead Liverpool by a point, with Rafa Benitez's side not playing until the Merseyside derby on Monday night.

AND,

Super Sub scores again as Arsenal coast to victory.

Nicklas Bendtner and Samir Nasri struck late on as Arsenal got their top four mission back on track.

The Gunners were facing the prospect of a five-point gap between themselves and Aston Villa when Hull striker Daniel Cousin cancelled out Emanuel Adebayor's opener.

But French star Nasri slid the ball home on 81 minutes, before super sub Bendtner finished off a flowing move shortly after.

RVP was awarded the man of the match for a superb performance for all three assists !

Five Star Barcelona Crush Deportivo La Coruña and Record.

Barcelona finished the first half of their league programme in superlative style on Saturday, thrashing hapless Deportivo Coruna 5-0 at home, with two goals apiece from Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o.

Their seventh successive win means that Barca reach the halfway mark on 50 points, a new record in La Liga.

They have also created a new record for goals scored at this stage, having put away 59. Josep Guardiola's team are keen to break Real Madrid's record of 107 goals in the 1989/90 season.

'We are really enjoying ourselves this season,' said Barca playmaker Xavi, 'and tonight's was another pleasant match.'

As usual, Guardiola's slick side had killed off the match by half-time, though they refused to ease up in the second half.

In the 21st minute Lionel Messi broke the deadlock with another of his memorable solo goals. The Argentine idol took the ball out on the left and sped past four defenders before scoring with a deft shot which went in off the post.

Six minutes later Thierry Henry made it 2-0 with a powerful header, on a clever centre from Daniel Alves.

Three minutes before half-time, with Deportivo desperate to get back in the dressing-room, keeper Daniel Aranzubia failed to hold a Seydou Keita header - and Samuel Eto'o tapped in his 17th goal.

Messi then proved that he was human by putting two clear headers wide.

Henry made it 4-0 in the 82nd minute after being set up by Xavi. Five minutes later Aranzubia was sent off for bringing down Carles Puyol - and Eto'o calmly put away the resultant penalty.

Kaka to Citeh = Mad Money !

Kaka's move to Citeh, means 'Crazy' money involved.

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the billionaire member of Abu Dhabi's royal family who now owns Manchester City, a club of middling distinction and less achievement in the English Premier League, is reportedly ready to spend 100 million euros ($132 million) to buy Brazilian superstar Kaka away from AC Milan.

AC Milan have given Kaka, under contract until 2013, formal permission to speak to Manchester City's representatives now visiting Milan. Manchester City assistant manager Mark Bowen told the BBC that the midfield playmaker is "very close" to making the move.

Well, maybe, but should the move come off, it would not just break the sport's trade record, it would shatter it. The biggest deal to date is the 47 million pounds ($68 million) that Real Madrid paid to poach Zinedine Zidane--infamous for his World Cup final head-butt--away from Juventus. It would also break the record for an English club--the 32.5 million pounds that Manchester City paid Real Madrid for another Brazilian star, Robinho, which was a deal struck the day the sheikh bought the club.

Robinho gets a salary of 160,000 pounds a week. On top of Kaka's transfer fee, City is reported to be offering a salary of 500,000 pounds a week--26 million pounds a year. That will make the 26-year-old the highest paid player in the Premiership by a factor of two.

This is nuts. Kaka's transfer fee would be greater than the 95 million pounds we valued Manchester City at last year before the sheikh bought it.

Soccer is in no shape to withstand the sort of hyperinflation in player salaries and transfer fees that Kaka's proposed move represents. Spending in the January transfer window by English teams has soared in recent years from 33 million pounds in 2003 to 175 million pounds last year. But aside from the Kaka move, it looks set to fall this year against the background of the global economic slowdown and sterling's fall against the euro, which makes players coming from clubs in the EU 20% more expensive.

Best 32 of the World : Ronaldo = Number 1.

CRISTIANO RONALDO tonight became the first Premier League star to win FIFA's world player of the year award.

The Portugal winger scooped his SIXTH and best individual honour of 2008-9 - after helping Manchester United to league, European Cup and Club World Cup glory.

Barcelona's Argentinian playmaker Lionel Messi was runner-up, with Liverpool ace Fernando Torres third.

Ronaldo, 23, hit a staggering 42 goals for United last season, including 31 in the league, as he easily won the European Golden Shoe.

He said: "It's a dream come true for me to get this award. I would like to dedicate this to my family."

David Beckham and Thierry Henry have each finished second twice in the FIFA awards, while Frank Lampard was runner-up two years ago.

So taking first place underlines how much Ronaldo has dominated the 2007-8 Premier League season.

He was earlier named European player of the year and FIFPro's top player.

AC Milan stylist Kaka and Barcelona's Euro 2008 hero Xavi completed FIFA'S five-man list of finalists tonight.

The complete list :

1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3 Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

4 Kaka (AC Milan)

5 Xavi (Barcelona)

6 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

7 Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona)

8 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

9 Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

10 David Villa (Valencia)

11 Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg)

12 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

13 Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

14 Michael Ballack (Chelsea)

15 Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

16 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)

17 Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)

18 Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

19 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)

20 Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)

21 John Terry (Chelsea)

22 Gigi Buffon (Juventus)

23 Deco (Chelsea)

Theres nothing here, Go to Inter : Maradona

DIEGO MARADONA has urged Carlos Tevez to leave Manchester United.

The Argentina boss was at Old Trafford on Sunday to watch United's 3-0 romp over Chelsea.

He had hoped to see Tevez in action but the striker was left on the bench.

Tevez's loan deal at United finishes at the end of the season and Maradona believes Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan would be an ideal destination.

The Argie legend said: "I saw Manchester United win without Tevez. This isn't good for him.

"Certain episodes are certainly bringing closer his exit. Italy and Inter in particular would be excellent solutions.

"What's more, his contract is running out, which makes it easier to change team.

"What advice would I give him? To come running to Inter.

"I can already imagine the extraordinary partnership he'd form with Zlatan Ibrahimovic."

We'll see in the coming weeks how the Tevez story develops

From Sixth to Second

Real Madrid have taken another firm step in their comeback. They played brilliantly in Mallorca and again conceded no goals. Robben, Raúl and Sergio Ramos scored the team's three goals.

It only took Robben two minutes to prove that he is the fittest player in Spain. It happened in a counterattack kick-started by Casillas right after grabbing a header. Higuaín controlled the ball in midfield and, seeing that Robben was unmarked, served him a brilliant assist from which the Dutchman scored by defeating Aouate in a one-on-one.

This early goal seemed to somewhat thwart coach Gregorio Manzano's plans given that Mallorca were playing with five defenders. Every single one of Mallorca's ventures in attack was met by an amazing Lass and a very solid defensive line. The Whites kept possession in midfield and came close to scoring a second strike in an elaborate play that consisted on ten different passes.

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The second goal was scored in no time. Higuaín dribbled past Mallorca defenders by passing the ball to himself and then passed it to Raúl, who scored his seventh strike in the league this season (16'). Real Madrid wanted more and Higuaín came close to scoring a third from a pass on the goal-line by Arjen Robben, but Aouate's providential hands saved the day (25'). The Whites continued to dominate until half-time.

Jurado took the reins of Mallorca at the start of the second half and Arango failed to finish off a missed header by Webó right on the goal-line (54'). This made the Madridistas react and, soon after Van der Vaart came on for Higuaín, Robben hit the post after defeating Aouate in another one-on-one. The ball later landed at Gago's feet and he passed the ball to Sergio Ramos, who was running towards the goal on his own. The defender scored by volleying the ball into the back of the net between the keeper's legs.

Palanca and Huntelaar came on for Robben and Raúl, respectively. Real Madrid's dominace in attack continued to be overwhelming and Sneijder came close to scoring from a free-kick on the 77-minute mark. No more goals were scored, but the Whites snatched their third consecutive victory and took another firm step in their comeback.

Man of the match:
Raúl: The captain played his 500th league match and scored the second goal with his heel.