Robben frustrated by United’s defensive approach

Bayern Munich star Arjen Robben has labelled Manchester United’s defensive display in the Champions League quarter-final as being “like handball”.

United had only 26% possession in the first leg and Robben admitted it was not easy at Old Trafford, comparing United tactics to Olympic handball. The Dutch winger said: “United played very defensively and didn’t leave any gaps. We wanted to play football but they tried to stop us, just playing on the counter-attack, it was almost like handball.

“Away goals are very important and that’s why we are satisfied having come back from 1-0 down, so we’ll take the result back home and hopefully finish it off next week.