”I often played right-back in quite big games, just because depending on the personnel and opposition with certain players,” added Hargreaves.
”As I was quite quick, the manager used to put me there. Scholesy and [Michael] Carrick were on fire playing centre-midfield so I wasn’t going to play there. We had a pretty good frontline too with [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Carlos] Tevez and [Wayne] Rooney. So I played right-back in the two semis.
”To be fair, it was one of the best defensive performances I’ve seen over two legs. They didn’t score. I know we were under pressure but, without the ball, Scholesy will remember we did a session under Carlos Queiroz.
”As good as Barcelona were, they weren’t all that quick, those players. They’d do these triangles and go around the corner so we kept the shape and [were told] not to dive in but sit tight. I don’t think many of the lads enjoyed it, it was so boring, but when it gets you to the Champions League final, it’s a beautiful thing.”
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