Says Sarri
League clash with Tottenham on February 27.
The 60-year-old former Napoli boss added: “On Monday, the target will be to get into the quarter-finals. Then to win the League Cup.
“It’s very strange to say it after a 6-0, but we want to win.”
Left-back Marcos Alonso and midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek did not travel to Sweden.
Loftus-Cheek has suffered a recurrence of his persistent back problem, but should be fit to be in contention to face United.
Sarri said Alonso has been rested.
LAST NIGHT’S RESULTS
Champions League Round of 16, First Leg
Ajax 1 Real Madrid 2 Tottenham 3 Bor Dortmund 0
Brentford 1 Aston Villa 0 Ipswich Town 1 Derby County 1 Leeds United 2 Swansea City 1
Preston 3 Norwich City 1 Reading 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 Sheffield Utd 1 Middlesbrough 0
Wigan 0 Stoke City 0
TONIGHT’S FIXTURES
Europa League Round of 32, First Leg (5.55pm unless stated)
BATE Borisov v Arsenal Celtic v Valencia (8pm) Club Brugge v Salzburg (8pm) FC Zurich v Napoli (8pm)
Galatasaray v Benfica Krasnodar v Bayer Leverkusen
Lazio v Sevilla Malmo v Chelsea (8pm) Olympiacos v Dynamo Kyiv Rapid Vienna v Inter Rennes v Real Betis Shakhtar v Eint Frankfurt (8pm)
Slavia Prague v Genk Sporting v Villarreal (8pm) Vik Plzen v Dinamo Zagreb (8pm) ANDER Herrera has not given up on Champions League progress and is confident that Manchester United’s loss to Paris St Germain will not “hurt” or throw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side off kilter.
After winning 10 out of his first 11 matches in all competitions, the caretaker manager tasted defeat for the first time in the first leg of United’s eagerly-anticipated Champions League round of 16 tie against the French champions.
Angel di Maria proved the scourge of his former club as he provided assists for Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappe in a 2-0 defeat that could have been worse had David de Gea not been alert when his team-mates lost their discipline after going behind.
Paul Pogba’s sending off compounded a bad night for United, but midfielder Herrera was not getting too downhearted after their fine, unbeaten 11-game run came to an end.
“I think this result is not going to hurt us because of the way we lost,” the United midfielder said on a night that saw team-mates Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial sustain first-half injuries.
“If you lose being worse than the opponent, that could hurt us. But I think until the corner I couldn’t say we were better (but) the game was under control.
“They were not creating too many problems, we neither, but 0-0 could have been an okay result because everything would be open.
“Now it is more difficult for us, but we have good examples (of getting good away wins).”
United won at Juventus in the group stage under Jose Mourinho this season, before securing impressive victories at Tottenham and Arsenal with Solskjaer.
They are the kind of results that Herrera will cling to heading to the French capital for the return leg on March 6, when the visitors must learn from their set piece sloppiness to stand any chance.
“I think the game was tight until the first goal,” he said as downcast team-mates trudged through the interview area.
“We couldn’t say we were the better team, but they were not better than us either.
“So, it’s difficult because against these kind of teams, such good teams, you don’t want to concede goals from corners.
“They didn’t create in the first 60-65 minutes. The two chances they had were offside.
“But after the goal they could play counter attack. They have very quick players, they couldn’t build from the back. We were pressing quite good, so after the goal they were finding those gaps that they couldn’t find in the first half.
“But this is football. Something to learn (from). We can’t concede goals from set pieces against these kind of teams because everything turns much, much (more) difficult, much harder.
“So now we have good examples. We won away against Tottenham, we won against Arsenal.
“They are teams that are as good as PSG, so we will go there to try and make it difficult for them. Right now, we have to think about the FA Cup against Chelsea and keep our place in the top four.”
As disappointing as Tuesday’s loss might be, there are still positives for United. Sat in the top four for the first time since the opening weekend of the season, Solskjaer’s side now focus on the FA Cup and travel to Chelsea on Monday for an interestingly-poised fifthround clash.
“I think we are not going to lose time thinking about what happened (against PSG),” Herrera added.
“Chelsea is a big game for us away. FA Cup is a competition that we lost the final last year (when) deserving to win.
“So we have a good opportunity to fight for FA Cup and keep our position in the top four.”
Meanwhile, Julian Draxler (inset top) believes that Pogba’s (below) suspension will give PSG a big advantage in their second leg against United.
Draxler said he and his teammates were delighted to take a commanding first-leg lead back to Paris and added that Pogba’s dismissal only tips the tie further in their favour.
“Yes, I think so because for me Paul is the best player of Manchester United,” he said. “(He is a) very important player for the team and you could see he is fantastic and that is why we are very happy he will not play the second leg.
“We are happy about the result but also the way we were playing. We were very confident, especially in the second half and we deserved to win.”
PSG will, once again, be without their own star player when the two sides reconvene next month. Neymar missed Tuesday’s first leg in Manchester with a metatarsal injury and will not recover in time. Edinson Cavani and Thomas Meunier were also unavailable to head coach Thomas Tuchel.
Draxler was not surprised that much of the pre-match attention surrounded players who were out of contention but was confident of returning to the French capital with a result regardless.
“If two players like this are missing, everyone is talking about that. We are better if Cavani and Neymar are playing but we have an excellent team even without them,” he said.
“It is not easy to come to Old Trafford and win and that is why we are very happy and proud and we know we have to finish it in the second leg in Paris.”