Manchester United host Olympiakos tonight in the second-leg of their Champions League tie.
Following their disappointing league campaign, it’s now or never for Manchester United in their bid to reclaim a Champions League place for next season.
An awful 2-0 first-leg defeat in Greece has left them in a terrible position, but the Red Devils go onto the big clash at Old Trafford with history favouring them.
It has been reported that 11 out of the last 12 Greek sides to play a European game in England have lost by at least two goals, with the majority of those failing to find the net.
David Moyes will be gearing his players up for ultimately the biggest game of his short Manchester United career, yet for some, the onus may in fact be more on the United players to finally put in a performance worthy of bearing the Manchester United name.
There is no denying that certain players have simply failed to reach the required standards this season, and some have undoubtedly let their manager down on more than one occasion.
Ahead of the clash, pundits alike have been making their predictions and analysis, but for one – MOTD pundit Gary Lineker – he took to Twitter to urge the United players to stand up and ‘show some balls’.
Strong words of encouragement from a normally quite relaxed person on and off the pitch.
Perhaps Linker’s comments further enhance the idea that a number of players have really fallen short of the required standards for this season.
With the number of brilliant teams awaiting Manchester United in the quarter-finals, surely that is all the motivation needed for the players to record a memorable Champions League comeback.
Have a number of Manchester United players fallen foul of the required standards this season?
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