Only a victory will suffice

Assistant manager Carlos Queiroz says it is United's duty to beat Dynamo Kyiv in Wednesday evening's Champions League clash at Old Trafford.

Victory over the Ukrainian champions, coupled with anything other than a Sporting Lisbon victory against Roma, will see United into the knockout stages with two games to spare.

"We have only one thing in mind and that's to finish this qualification at home," Carlos told United Radio. "We're at home, we want to win, it's our responsibility to win at home.

"In doing that, we can help the players and it will be possible to make a couple of rotations and rest a few players between important league matches. Last season we had to win our last game and we want to avoid that this time."

The Portuguese reserved special praise for Louis Saha, who caught the eye with a fine display as a substitute at Arsenal, and he may well start against Kyiv as a result.

"It was fantastic and very special for Louis because he's been in and out for a while," said Carlos. "His touch was good, his movement was great and in the end he had a major contribution in our second goal.

"But his mental approach to the game was very positive – we can't say it was a perfect exhibition but he did everything right when he was on the pitch."