Man United: Paul Pogba trains with team ahead of PSG clash
Manchester United face the French champions at the Parc des Princes in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
The Red Devils will be looking to overturn a two-goal deficit to book their place in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
United face an uphill struggle to qualify for the last eight, a stage they haven’t reached since the 2013-14 season.
And their already mountainous task has been made even harder by the absence of Paul Pogba, who has been their star performer since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took charge of the club last December.
The France international has, however, travelled to Paris to cheer on his team-mates.
So why isn’t he playing in tonight’s match?
Pogba, 25, is suspended for the crunch tie against Thomas Tuchel’s side having been sent off in the reverse fixture last month.
The former Juventus man was given his marching orders in the dying moments of the match after picking up a second yellow card for a reckless tackle on Dani Alves.
Paul Poga prays before a Manchester United match (Image: PAUL POGBA / INSTAGRAM)
Paul Pogba has travelled to Paris with his team-mates (Image: GETTY)
Pogba is suspended for the crunch tie against Thomas Tuchel’s side having been sent off in the reverse fixture last month
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United newboy Fred is expected to fill the void left by Pogba.
The odds are well and truly stacked against United this evening, but caretaker manager Solskjaer is refusing to rule out his team’s chances of pulling off a huge upset.
“It’s never mission impossible – it’s more difficult but we’ve got to get the first goal and anything can happen," the former United hitman said.
“Goals always change games and if we get the first one we’ll be believing even more and they might then doubt themselves.
Paul Pogba will miss tonight's game through suspension (Image: GETTY)
“We can do it – obviously we need the first goal and we need to stay in the game for half an hour left and one goal in it anything can happen.
“But we need a good plan, it needs to be put in place and we need to perform on the night because they are a team full of quality.”
Solskjaer, who was part of the United team who overturned a two-goal deficit in their 1999 Champions League semi-final tie against Juventus, added: “Everyone knows we have done it and results in Champions League in the last few years.
“I don’t want to call it strange, but last year Juventus lost 3-0 at home against Real Madrid and suddenly they were 3-0 up after 90 minutes against Madrid away.
Man Utd: Solskjaer praises Pogba’s performance against Chelsea
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is refusing to rule out Manchester United's chances of pulling off a huge upset (Image: GETTY)
“The year before that, PSG against Barcelona.
“We remember those results – there are so many examples of teams who can change results like this.
“Also, as a club, we’ve done it so many times, the players have been fantastic away from home, beaten Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, which has given us the belief we can do this as well.”