Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is confident of success against Barcelona in the second-leg of their Champions League semifinal.

"We are optimistic as we will play a lot differently than we did at the Nou Camp," said Hargreaves. "We will attack Barcelona and see how they deal with it.

Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves risks missing their Champions League semifinal against Barcelona with a hamstring strain.

Sir Alex Ferguson has issued a stark warning to Manchester United's title rivals by revealing his plans to strengthen in the summer. The Red Devils' impressive season has been put down, by some, to their strength and depth among the squad.

Owen Hargreaves was delighted with his matchwinning strike for Manchester United in yesterday's 2-1 victory over Arsenal.

The 27-year-old told MUTV: "We had an earlier free-kick and I said 'I'll take that', but Ronny said 'it's too far for you'. The second one was a bit closer and it was a good distance for me so I didn't ask him!

Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves believes their looming Champions League semifinal against Barcelona can be a classic.

Hargreaves said: "I've never played against Barcelona but I must have watched them on television every Sunday for the past two years and they're a fantastic team.

Rio Ferdinand lived the dream of leading England out as captain on Wednesday night, but there was no fairytale ending as the Three Lions slumped to a 1-0 defeat in the Stade de France.

A first-half Frank Ribery penalty was enough to hand the home side victory in a match that also saw David Beckham win his 100th England cap.

Owen Hargreaves has hailed the atmosphere at Manchester United as the best he's experienced.

"It's a great atmosphere," he told The Times. "It's the best atmosphere I've ever been involved in at club level. It's a fantastic group of individuals - not only as football players but as people. There's no room for egos or big heads here.

Battling for a starting role is nothing new to Owen Hargreaves,who is competing with Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Anderson and Darren Fletcher for one of two midfield positions.

"There is competition everywhere," he said. "If you want to play with the best then there is competition everywhere.

"It's good to have that - but the most important thing is that we are successful as a group.

Owen Hargreaves was full of praise for Manchester United teammate Paul Scholes after his comeback performance in yesterday's 3-1 FA Cup victory over Tottenham.

"It's great to have Scholesy back for the big run-in now," Hargreaves told MUTV.

Owen Hargreaves is determined to play in every game until the end of the season.

The summer signing from Bayern Munich has been in and out of Sir Alex’s side since his arrival at Old Trafford, largely due to niggling knee injuries.

But the 27-year-old told the Manchester Evening News he now feels fully fit.