Sir Alex Ferguson says defending the Champions League title is his main focus, despite United being top of the premier League. Speaking at a fans' question and answer session in Malta, he said: "I think there's an opportunity maybe to draw level with Liverpool, but that's not my (priority).

"When you look at our record in Europe it should have been better and nobody has defended the Champions League since the new format. So that's a great challenge to us and hopefully we can do it again."