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alex ferguson takes a slight advantage into the second leg with lyon on tuesday night. although the sides drew 1-1 in the first leg, carlos tevez’s away goal provides a slender edge. sir alex expects the argentine striker to contribute once more. 01:13 soundbite (english): sir alex ferguson : "and he's proved an important player for us, no question. i think he's now on 15 goals. i think it's a great return in his first season with us, so we are delighted with him." ferguson has expressed worries over the man who put his team a goal down in the last leg karim benzema. the defence will look to starve the young, exuberant striker of the ball. rio ferdinand, will be in charge of that task. he realises that for the current united team to be considered great, they must win the competition. 03:05 soundbite (english): rio ferdinand “if you do well domestically and go on and win the champions league as well, then obviously it adds to the fact that you're a good side." a close match is expected. both teams with strong current form; manchester united are one of three unbeaten teams in this season's champions league, whereas olympique lyon are unbeaten in five champions league fixtures winning their last two away matches. --------------------------------------- chosen soundbites for no-speak --------------------------------------- 01:13 soundbite (english): sir alex ferguson : "and he's proved an important player for us, no question. i think he's now on 15 goals. i think it's a great return in his first season with us, so we are delighted with him." 03:05 soundbite (english): rio ferdinand “if you do well domestically and go on and win the champions league as well, then obviously it adds to the fact that you're a good side." --------------------------------------- original script soccer manchester restrictions: sntv clients only, see script source: sntv duration: 3:46 type:eng/nat manchester united play olympique lyonnais in the second leg of their champions league second round tie at old trafford on tuesday (4th march). the two sides drew one-all in france two weeks ago, with carlos tevez scoring an 87th minute equaliser for united. united have never lost at home to a french side in ten european matches, and won 3-0 away at fulham on saturday with a weakened side. lyon, though, are three points clear at the top of the french league after a 1-0 away win at lille on saturday. suggested voiceover: manchester united trained at a cold and windy carrington training ground on monday (3rd march) ahead of their champions league second round second leg tie against lyon. united won 3-0 at fulham in the premier league on saturday, but manager sir alex ferguson is expecting a much tighter game against the french league leaders. soundbite: (english): "i don't think there was going to be a situation where one team was going to be in a comfortable position, and obviously as you say we have work to do. but there's a good prospect of a really exciting game. i think lyon know they have to score and that gives it an interesting prospect." supercaption: sir alex ferguson, manchester united manager the two sides drew the first leg in lyon two weeks' ago - carlos tevez equalising late on after karim benzema had given the home side a 54th minute lead. ferguson expects his argentinean striker to be one of the key man again in the second leg. soundbite: (english): "i think he's proved it this season, that one in lyon was obviously really important to us. as was his goal at liverpool this season, at tottenham, at chelsea right on half time when we were searching for that first goal. and he's proved an important player for us, no question. i think he's now on 15 goals. i think it's a great return in his first season with us, so we are delighted with him." supercaption: sir alex ferguson, manchester united manager ferguson rested a number of key players at craven cottage on saturday - wayne rooney and cristiano ronaldo were both on the bench and appeared for just the last 15 minutes. both players are almost certain to be recalled for the lyon match. but ferguson revealed he has one injury doubt. soundbite: (english): "well we've only one doubt and that's ryan giggs. actually the blow he took in the lyons game has proved a bit more complicated than we first thought. i say complicated, it's held him back from training as much as we would have liked. he did a bit this morning, he did a bit on saturday morning, he was off on sunday, just for treatment, so he is a doubt." supercaption: sir alex ferguson, manchester united manager united are looking very strong in the champions league this season, especially at home where they have conceded just one goal and have nine straight wins in the competition. they have only lost once at home in europe in their past 33 matches. but defender rio ferdinand still believes they have underperformed in the champions league. soundbite: (english) "i think it has a bearing, i think teams that are considered great teams normally have won the european cup or champions league in recent times. but i don't think it's the be all and end all. some teams that have won the champions league aren't considered great teams. but if you do well domestically and go on and win the champions league as well, then obviously it adds to the fact that you're a good side." supercaption: rio ferdinand, manchester united united have won seven and drawn three games against french opposition at home, including a 2-1 win in the 2004/5 group stages, where ferdinand, ronaldo, rooney, and paul scholes all started. the home match against lyon kicks off at 1945gmt on tuesday (4th march) at old trafford. shotlist: old trafford and carrington training ground, manchester, england, 3rd march 2008 00:00 establisher: wide of training 00:13 sir alex ferguson 00:24 soundbite (english): sir alex ferguson 00:51 mid shot of training 01:00 carlos tevez 01:13 soundbite (english): sir alex ferguson 01:48 cristiano ronaldo 01:59 wayne rooney 02:11 sir alex ferguson 02:24 soundbite (english): sir alex ferguson 02:51 rio ferdinand 03:05 soundbite (english): rio ferdinand 03:26 paul scholes 03:38 wide of training source: sntv print this page