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Daily Mirror
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Jacob Leeks

Sir Alex Ferguson used surprise position switch with Man Utd player to beat Barcelona

Owen Hargreaves has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson used him as part of a surprise position switch to help Manchester United beat Barcelona in 2008.

The Red Devils faced the LaLiga giants in the semi-finals of that year's Champions League, with the second leg held at Old Trafford. The tie was goalless on aggregate heading into the return leg at the end of that April.

Hargreaves spent his career as a central midfielder, with spells at Bayern Munich, United and Manchester City. But legendary Red Devils boss Ferguson opted to deploy him at right-back for both legs of that famous semi-final.

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