No Vidic for United

Nemanja Vidic has been forced to miss Manchester United’s Champions League last-16 clash with Marseille at Old Trafford after failing to recover from a calf injury.

The Serbian’s place goes to Wes Brown, who starts alongside Chris Smalling as United looked for the victory that would take them into the quarter-finals following a goalless draw in France three weeks ago.

Top scorer Dimitar Berbatov is once again named on the bench, where he found himself in the opposite dug-out to Marseille danger-man Mathieu Valbuena, who missed the first leg through injury.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Smalling, Brown, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Hernandez, Rooney.

Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Fabio Da Silva, Rafael Da Silva, Valencia, Obertan, Gibson.

Marseille: Mandanda, Fanni, Heinze, Diawara, Taiwo, M’bia Etoundi, Cheyrou, Remy, Gonzalez, Andre Ayew, Gignac.

Subs: Andrade, Hilton, Cisse, Kabore, Jordan Ayew, Abriel, Valbuena.

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Madrid).