United’s Mexican wave to French

IT TOOK a young head in an old team to book Manchester United’s passage into the Champions League quarter-finals, but a tense victory came at a price which could yet cost Alex Ferguson his treble dream.

United’s Mexican wave to French
Wed, 16 Mar, 2011 - 00:00
Manchester United 2 Marseille 1 Neil Johnson

United's second oldest ever line up in the Champions League ensured the Premier League leaders and FA Cup semi-finalists joined Europe’s elite in the last eight.

Yet it required two goals from 22-year-old Javier Hernandez to calm nerves on the most tense of Old Trafford nights.

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