Roy Hodgson has warned that his Fulham side are not going into the FA Cup quarter-final clash with Manchester United simply to make the numbers up. "Manchester United, yes, that's a nice bonus, it will be nice to see Sir Alex again," said Hodgson with a smile.

"It's important for Fulham to be in the quarter-finals, it's been a long while since we have been there. Okay, we've got Manchester United and I suppose people will envisage our demise, but we're not dead yet.

"We've got the game still to play so who knows?

"Of course we can beat them. We can beat Real Madrid, we can beat Barcelona, we can beat any team you care to mention.

"But if you're asking are the odds on us winning better than the odds on them winning then I think the answer is pretty obviously no. But yes, we can beat them even if they are clear favourites.

"They've played a lot of games this season, they have a lot of things on their mind and maybe we won't be meeting the Manchester United we met the last time."