Park poised for Pompey

Ji-sung Park believes United will take heart from their dominant display against Portsmouth in January as they prepare for Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final.

Pompey’s away form has been good this season but they were completely outplayed in a 2-0 league defeat by the Reds at Old Trafford five weeks ago.

Park told ManUtd.kr: “It will be a tough game on Saturday, even though we are at home. But it helps that we have already beaten Portsmouth once at home this season – and we played very well that day.”

Despite scoring his first goal in nearly a year against Fulham last Saturday, Park found himself on the bench for the midweek Champions League win over Lyon.

But with games coming thick and fast at the moment, the Korean accepts squad rotation is inevitable, especially when Sir Alex Ferguson has such a strong midfield at his disposal.

“We have a good squad which gives us a lot of options,” Park continued. “I know there will be more opportunities for me to play because we have plenty of games left this season.”

The energetic winger is happy to be contributing to United’s trophy quest after missing the first half of the campaign – and the back-end of last season – though injury.

“I’ve been back two months and I just want to enjoy playing football and help the team win trophies,” he said. “I needed a goal and now I have one, hopefully I will score a few more.”