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Andrew Cole urges Manchester United to adopt fearless approach in Champions League quarter-final clash with Barcelona Andrew Cole believes Man United must play with no fear against Barcelona Cole scored a memorable goal for United against the Catalan giants in 1999 United twice drew 3-3 with Barca in the 1999 Champions League group stages The 47 year-old says it is 'fate' that United will beat Barcelona 20 years on 

By Ian Parker, Press Association Sport

Published: 23:33 BST, 7 April 2019 | Updated: 23:34 BST, 7 April 2019

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Andrew Cole has told Manchester United they must play with no fear when they face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Cole scored a memorable goal for United against the Catalan giants on the way to European glory 20 years ago, combining with Dwight Yorke in a sweeping move that cut the Barca defence wide open.

United twice drew 3-3 with the La Liga side in the group stages of that year's Champions League, and Cole drew on those memories when asked how United should approach the tie, with the home leg up first at Old Trafford next week.

Andrew Cole believes Manchester United must play with no fear against Barcelona

Andrew Cole believes Manchester United must play with no fear against Barcelona

'Go and do the same thing,' Cole said. 'Go and enjoy it. We knew we were a very good team and Barcelona were a very good team.

'But we showed no fear there. A lot of teams go there and show a bit of fear. They had fantastic players but so did we.

'We went out there and played

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