Giggs relies on home comforts

Ryan Giggs is confident Manchester United can show their class in tonight's Champions League match with Marseille at Old Trafford.

United head into the fixture having managed only a goalless draw in the opening leg in France three weeks ago.

It is a scoreline fraught with omens: the Red Devils were eliminated on away goals after exactly the same result in Monaco 13 years ago.

But, as Giggs readily confesses, United were below par in Marseille's Stade Velodrome.

And with home advantage and confidence lifted by an impressive FA Cup triumph over Arsenal, the veteran Welshman is in optimistic mood.

"At Old Trafford we back ourselves against anyone," said Giggs. "It is going to be tough. It is the Champions League — and 0–0 is always a sticky scoreline, because if they score an away goal we will have to get two."