Rio: We had to dig deep

Rio Ferdinand praised United for "digging deep" to get past Barcelona and reach the Champions League final on Tuesday night.

A wonderful Paul Scholes goal gave United the lead, but some valiant defending was needed to stave off Barcelona's challenge.

"We had to dig deep in the end, but we feel we did enough to get there," Rio admitted after the game.

"We had to show discipline, quality in the goal from Paul Scholes - and what a goal! - and then resilience. We stuck together and we're there now."

Ferdinand and Wes Brown were rocks at the centre of a resilient defence.

United will play either Liverpool or Chelsea in the final, but Rio insists he doesn't care who the Reds' opponents are.

"I don't care who we face in the final," he added. "We're there and that's all that matters."