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Liverpool legend Hyypia unsure how Man Utd fans will welcome him

Bayer Leverkusen coach Sami Hyypia is looking forward to facing Champions League opponents Manchester United.

The Liverpool legend is expecting pelters from the Old Trafford crowd.

He told the Daily Mail: "I don't know what kind of reception I will get from the Man United fans, but for me it's great to go back. It's my first Champions League game as a coach and what better place to do it than Old Trafford?

"We have some players who will be playing their first Champions League game. I don't have to motivate anybody, that's for sure.

"But I think I have to use my experience that it's another football match, nothing else.

"Yes, it's Old Trafford and its Man United, this team that has won everything but, you know, it's only a football game. Everybody has to be calm and self-confident and do their stuff and then we will see what happens."

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