Benayoun: Beat United and Champions League is ours
Yossi Benayoun last night backed Chelsea to salvage their season at Old Trafford tomorrow and predicted: “If we win there we WILL win the Champions League.”
Only two teams in the history of the competition have turned around a tie after losing the first leg at home.
But Israeli schemer Benayoun, back after a seven-month injury, believes Carlo Ancelotti’s Blues can join Ajax and Inter Milan in that short list of comeback kings.
Benayoun said: “Everyone knows – the manager, the players – that we are playing to save our season. It is likely we’ll finish in the Premier League’s top four and be in next season’s Champions League. That’s almost done.
“The thing left is to try to win a trophy and the only one we can win is the Champions League.
“If we win this game it will change everything.
“I’m sure if we beat United we’ll go to the end and win the trophy.”
Benayoun added: “They are a big team with a great manager but we have belief we can do it, despite losing at home.
“We have to give everything and try our best.”