Fergie: Barca will miss Puyol

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is delighted that Barcelona will be missing key defender Carlos Puyol for the UEFA Champions League semi final between the two sides. Puyol picked up a suspension in the previous round.

"Puyol's a very good player, so that's interesting," Sir Alex admitted.

"We have the opportunity now to achieve something really special. We want to go to Barcelona and show we're a good team.

"Barcelona are a wonderful club but we can't go there and be negative. We have to go there and be really positive. If we do that then we've got a chance."