Michael Carrick was pleased to hear that Manchester United would not face another English team in the Champions League quarter-finals.Manchester United are set to entertain FC Porto at Old Trafford for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
The Red Devils are hosts to the Portuguese outfit on April 7 before travelling to the Estadio do Dragao eight days later.
Whilst fully anticipating a tough game against the Portuguese champions, Michael Carrick admitted that he is pleased to have avoided English opposition at this stage in the competition.
"There was always going to be a chance that the English teams would play each other and I think we thought it was our turn," he told ManUtd.com.
"It’s tough to play another English side because you know each other so well and that’s been proved in the past when Liverpool have played Chelsea. They’ve got each other again and in recent years the games have been tight and tough games.
"When you play in European competitions it’s nice to play a team from another country and in that respect we’re happy with the draw.
"It’s only a good draw if we get through so we’ll have to wait and see what happens. But we’re feeling upbeat about it."
This is the fifth consecutive year that Liverpool have had to face Chelsea in this competition with the winners of their upcoming tie getting the chance to play either Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the semi-finals.
The fourth English squad in the competition is Arsenal, who face Spanish
side Villarreal with the eventual victors facing United or Porto in the semi-finals.
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