Aside from the obvious caveat that they avoided Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus, Manchester United fans may feel that they didn't get the luck of the draw when they were handed a Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona on Friday afternoon.
Coming up against the likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez is enough to send shivers down most people's spines, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side might take solace in the fact that United have had an excellent record against their Catalan counterparts.
Excluding finals, Manchester United have progressed from both of their European knockout ties with the Catalan giants, winning 3-2 on aggregate in the 1983/84 Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final and 1-0 on aggregate in the 2007/08 Champions League semi-final.