Manchester United defender Patrice Evra would welcome the challenge of coming up against Barcelona's Lionel Messi. The Frenchman kept Arsenal's Theo Walcott quiet in Wednesday night's Champions League semi-final, first leg at Old Trafford and has backed himself to do the same with the tricky Argentinian should they meet in the final.

Evra said: "I can play against a player like Messi, I don't fear anybody, I just play my game.

"But it's too soon to start thinking about that. We have to play well in the second leg at Arsenal and then we can start to think about our dream.

"I watched the other semi-final and Chelsea defended very well and have given themselves a good chance at Stamford Bridge."