manchester united fc are chasing a fourth consecutive uefa champions league semi-final but first they must get overturn a 2-1 deficit against an fc bayern münchen side unbeaten at old trafford.
* winners in 2008 and runners-up last season, united hope to become the first team since juventus (1996-98) to appear in three successive finals but they must first overturn a 2-1 deficit against a bayern side they have never beaten on home soil.
* sir alex ferguson's side made the perfect start to the quarter-final first leg in munich, wayne rooney volleying in within a minute, yet in a reversal of the teams' famous meeting in the 1999 final, this time it was bayern who mounted a sterling late comeback. franck ribéry's free-kick deflected in off rooney with 13 minutes left and worse was to follow for united as ivica olić pounced two minutes into added time to give the german side a precious lead.
* bayern have not progressed beyond the last eight since 2001 but will hope to replicate the victory at old trafford which helped carry them through to the semi-finals that year – and on their way to an eventual final triumph.
