CATALYST

Last updated : 24 February 2006 By Editor
Rio Ferdinand tries to justify why the League Cup is important.

"I don't want to go another season without winning something with United," he told the official Manchester United magazine.

"That would do my head in. The title and the Champions League were the priorities but any trophy will do because it could be the catalyst for us to win some more."

While Van der Sar said

"We have to clear our heads. The final has become massive after losing to Liverpool. We need it for the entire club."

"You come to Old Trafford and you expect to win trophies, and now this is the only realistic one," he said.

"You always expect to do well at a club like this in big competitions, and we haven't done that. That's a disappointment to the newcomers like me who've not tasted success here, and to those who've been here longer and won things in the past.

"We have to address that on Sunday and also next season."