Time to attack! Marseille will now feel Manchester United's full force, warn Rooney and Vidic

Posted Friday, February 25, 2011 by

Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic have warned Marseille that Manchester United will show the true strength of their attack in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie after their dull stalemate in southern France.

The pair brushed off any concerns about United's lack of an away goal in the Stade Velodrome and predicted that their side's strength at home would see them triumph at Old Trafford.

Rooney said: 'The fact we didn't lose is very positive. We've got Marseille at home now and we know that if we beat them we're through to the next round. We're confident at home and we have to be positive.'

Rooney endured a frustrating night out on the left flank in a defensive United set-up, but insisted he had no qualms about putting in a shift for the team.

The likes of Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Anderson and Park Ji-Sung were all on the sidelines, leaving Rooney to fill in on the wing.

'We've got a lot of injuries at the minute, so I don't have a problem [playing on the wing]. But it was quite a difficult game for us. Marseille didn't cause us many problems, but we didn't create as many chances as we'd have liked. We had a few big players missing and I think they would have made a difference had they been here.'

Vidic also chose to emphasise the quality of United's rearguard and predicted the Red Devils would set out with rather more attacking intent in the second leg.

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