Vidic calls for team effort

Nemanja Vidic has called on Manchester United to rediscover their famed winning mentality to prevent their season ending in shattering disappointment.

A week ago, Sir Alex Ferguson's men had high hopes of strengthening their quest for a Premier League–Champions League double.

Yet after a disastrous couple of games, United are acutely aware if they cannot defeat Bayern Munich at Old Trafford tomorrow night they will be staring into the abyss of a barren season, save for February's Carling Cup triumph over Villa.

Said Vidic: "I believe and hope we can find some energy. We need to rediscover that winning mentality. We need to stick together and we need to play like a team.”


GARY Neville doesn’t believe tiredness will be an excuse for failure against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

Manchester United must bounce back from their 2-1 home loss to Chelsea at the weekend and beat the German giants at Old Trafford if they are to avoid a quarter–final elimination from the Champions League.

It could be argued United's arduous season is having a major effect, but Neville is having none of it.

"We are more used to playing Wednesday–Saturday than having free weeks," said the United skipper.

"I don't think it becomes a telling factor.

“We are happy to be playing the big games and being in Europe. We have a big squad as well, so the manager may freshen things up. We are fine where we are at."