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Man Utd fullback Evra: 2009 Rome performance will not be repeated

Manchester United fullback Patrice Evra says there won't be any repeat of the 2009 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona.

Evra has vowed that his side will not allow a repeat of that night when the rivals go head-to-head at Wembley on Saturday..

The left-back said: "I'm looking forward to the game, but I don't want to look back on it with regret and frustration again..

"I want to make sure we show all the fans and ourselves as well that we are Manchester United. 'I respect Barcelona a lot and what they did in Rome when they beat us 2-0. But on my holiday all I kept thinking was why didn't we play like Manchester United. Why didn't we show our best?.

"At the beginning of the game we dominated the first ten minutes, but when we conceded the first goal that was it..

"2009 was a big, big frustration and I don't want to experience a feeling like that again."

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