VILLA DEFENDER LOOKING FORWARD TO RONALDO CLASH

Last updated : 22 December 2006 By Ed

Olaf Mellberg:

"It will be nice to face Ronaldo. It might be a good game to maybe move back into the centre - but we will see how it goes.

"He is a great player and United have got Ryan Giggs who can operate in that position as well. We need to be on top of our game against them.

"Ronaldo has done really well this season. I didn't really follow what happened in the World Cup too much when he seemed to come in for some criticism.

"But if you follow his performances, he is a top class player and he has shown that in previous seasons as well as during this one.

"He is really quick and skilful with the ball at his feet so he will probably get a lot of free-kicks as well. We have to be aware of him."

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"I think that United can hold off Chelsea. They look really strong. They have definitely been the strongest team so far this season.

"It is going to be between them and Chelsea for the title but Manchester United have looked really powerful so far."

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