Robson: We Know What We Have To Do

By Matthew Jones
May 12 2004

Lets use last seasons Champions League games as a lesson - "They were tough, we had never played at that level before" says Robson, who is confident...

Robson said:

"We know what we have to do, the players know what they have to do.

"We have to win two matches against two clubs who, of course, will want to win themselves.

"Last year, we played three games in the Champions League. They were tough, we had never played at that level before and we lost all three.

"You think it's over and then we win the next three games and put ourselves in the second round of the competition, which was a remarkable transformation.

"We have just got to believe we can do that with two away matches. We're in two cup finals."

Some claim that this season has been one of United's toughest yet, and it is no secret that Sir Bobby feels that it has been his toughest whilst in charge.

 "We were working from the bottom, always going up," he said.

"We couldn't be any worse than we were when I took over, so it was always an improvement.

"What was it? Eleventh, 11th and then fourth, then third, and then we've battled away between four, five and six - at one stage we were right down at the bottom after a pretty dismal start and we've just hung in there and stuck at it."

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