Manchester United have ‘massive chance’ of beating Bayern Munich in return clash: Ashley Young

MANCHESTER United winger Ashley Young believes his side now have a “massive chance” of reaching the Champions League semi-finals.

MANCHESTER United winger Ashley Young believes his side have a “massive chance” of reaching the Champions League semi-finals after drawing with Bayern Munich in their quarter-final first leg.

United belied their desperate domestic form to hold the reigning European champions to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and Bayern will be without both Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez due to suspension in next week’s return leg.

Schweinsteiger was sent off in the dying stages after being shown a second yellow card for a foul on Wayne Rooney, while Martinez triggered a ban by being booked for a challenge on Javier Hernandez.

Bayern’s away goal, scored by Schweinsteiger in response to a 58th-minute header by Nemanja Vidic, means that they remain favourites to progress, but Young says that his side will travel to the Allianz Arena without fear.

“I can’t wait to go to Munich. We have given ourselves a massive chance,” said the England winger, who was a second-half substitute in the game.

“I think everyone would have taken that result before a ball was kicked. It sets us up nicely for the second leg. It was a great team performance and we look forward to the second leg now.”

Nemanja Vidic score the opening goal for United.

United saw only 30 per cent of possession in the game, prompting Bayern winger Arjen Robben to observe that the match was “almost like handball”.

However, the hosts also created several presentable chances, including a first-half one-on-one for Danny Welbeck that the 23-year-old could only chip tamely at Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Midfielder Michael Carrick admitted that it was a squandered opportunity that United may come to regret, but he refused to blame his teammate.

“That is the one that sticks out,” Carrick said.

“It would have been great if it had gone in, but as it happened we managed to go 1-0 up anyway. Who knows what would have happened. It was a chance he would normally take.”