Rio eyes killer goal

"If you start the game by just trying to protect your lead it could become dangerous. I think we need to score again to put the game out of their reach."

- Rio Ferdinand

Rio eyes killer goal

Rio Ferdinand believes United will need to score again if they are to see off Lille and progress to the last eight of the Champions League.

The Reds' are a goal to the good thanks to Ryan Giggs' much disputed quick free kick in the first leg two weeks ago. But Ferdinand feels United need to kill the tie off with another goal to ensure victory.

"We'll be approaching the game as if it's 0-0," the defender told United Review. "If you start the game by just trying to protect your lead it could become dangerous. We’ll be playing our normal game and going for the win.

"I think we need to score again to put the game out of their reach.

"We’ve watched a few videos of them recently and they’ve played on the counter-attack quite a bit in away games," he added. "I don’t expect that to change. I think they’ll bide their time during the game and then try and nick a goal to take it into extra time."

Ferdinand feels the unprecedented scenes which followed Giggs' 84th minute strike in the first match have added extra spice to the Old Trafford tie and he is urging the United fans to get behind the team.

"I think the fans will be really up for it especially after what happened in France," said the England international.

"The Lille fans gave us a hard time over there and things got a bit unsavoury at times when they started throwing things onto the pitch. I’m sure our fans will be keen to make themselves heard and hopefully it’ll be a classic European night."