Wayne Rooney admitted he was “delighted” to reach the Champions League quarter-finals after Manchester United claimed a 2-1 win over Marseille.<\/p>\n
Striker Javier Hernandez scored in each half, although the Red Devils had to endure a nervy finish to the first knockout round second-leg clash after Wes Brown conceded a late own goal.<\/p>\n
“We are delighted to be through to the quarter-finals,” Rooney said.<\/p>\n
“It was a difficult game, we knew they were a physical team with a lot of power – we just deserved it in the end.”<\/p>\n
Rooney laid off the pass that allowed Hernandez to open the scoring after five minutes and put United ahead in the tie after the first leg finished goalless.<\/p>\n
The England striker admitted he enjoyed playing a slightly withdrawn role behind his young team-mate, who has now scored 16 goals in his debut season, and who was preferred to Dimitar Berbatov on the night.<\/p>\n
“He’s got great movement so I’m playing the position that I did when I started playing professionally. I’m enjoying it and thankfully he’s a finisher,” Rooney said. “It’s not often forwards get the chance to be on ball and enjoy playing. I enjoyed tonight.”<\/p>\n
He added: “Our gameplan was to attack them first half and to get a goal or two up. We managed to get one and we held on.<\/p>\n
“We were unfortunate to concede the goal.”<\/p>\n
Rooney said he would be happy to meet Barcelona in the next round, adding: “If you want to win the tournament you need to play and beat anyone.<\/p>\n
“Whoever we get next we’ll be confident we can beat them.”<\/p>\n
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson agreed that the partnership between Rooney and Hernandez was blossoming.<\/p>\n
“It’s been developing well,” he said. “Where Wayne has been playing in the past couple of games he is a real threat. He has such power and speed and Hernandez is unbelievable with his movement.<\/p>\n
“The boy has goals in him.”<\/p>\n
United’s win came at a cost, though, with defenders John O’Shea and Rafael both forced off with what appeared to be hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n
That forced Ferguson to make substitutions he felt unsettled his team and contributed to an anxious end to the game.<\/p>\n
“It was nervy because so many players came off with injuries,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It shifted the balance of team. I would have rather brought on Darron Gibson because the problem tonight was always going to be height and it caused us problems.”<\/p>\n
Ferguson said he hoped Nemanja Vidic would be fit for the weekend, after missing the game through injury.<\/p>\n
“We’ll have to wait and see,” he said. “Jonny Evans started training this week so hopefully he will be back.”<\/p>\n
Marseille missed early opportunities with striker Andre-Pierre Gignac blasting over soon after Hernandez’s opener before Souleymane Diawara headed wide when unmarked six yards from goal.<\/p>\n
Asked if the result would have been different if they took those chances, OM boss Didier Deschamps said: “I am sure.<\/p>\n
“My team have young players but after they have done well, and we had good opportunities, we don’t score.<\/p>\n
“Then when it was 0-2 it was more complicated for us.”<\/p>\n
He added: “The players felt it was possible (to win) because Manchester was not fit physically.<\/p>\n
“A lot of their players missed this game through injury, it was not the best team of Manchester. We tried but it was not enough for us.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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