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Last updated : 26 November 2002 By editor

"They played with such high speed and are so strong in attach and get forward so quickly that you have to be wary all the time,Ruud van Nistelrooy was mobile and scored three times but Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs were even better." said boss Gross

Ferguson has already warned that Basle will be no pushovers - especially in midfield where United have badly missed key players this season. He said:

"I have a lot of reports on them and we have videos of all their European games. We watched both their games against Liverpool, and I think there is a lot of great quality in their midfield. I felt Ivan Ergic was the force in their side in terms of sprinting forward to support the front players he did really well, but they will also be missing one of their other midfield players on Tuesday because Antonio Esposito is suspended."