United fans body call for calm

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After suffering ambushes from knife-wielding fans on their way to the game, and then being attacked by riot police inside the Stadio Olimpico during the first leg, there have been fears of reprisals when the Serie A outfit visit Manchester.

"We all need to make sure that there are no headlines in Manchester to wipe out the memory of those made by the Italian police last week in Rome," said the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA) in a statement.

"The Roma fans at Old Trafford on Tuesday will be just like most of our fans who went to Rome last week and will be there only to watch the football."

The visitors have been allocated 3,800 tickets for the second tier of the East Stand, meaning they will be sat at the same end of the ground as United fans.

However, IMUSA, who are compiling a dossier of violence perpetrated against fans in Rome last week, are anxious Tuesday's game should not provide an excuse for the Italian authorities to prove their strong-arm tactics were justified.

United are still collecting fans' accounts of last week's events but are awaiting official documentation from the Home Office over the details of their examination into the conduct of the Italians. However, privately, United are quite relaxed about Tuesday's situation.

Similar scare stories were aired prior to the second leg of the first knockout round clash with Lille following the trouble that erupted in France but the game passed off peacefully.

There have hardly been any arrests at European games this season, not even when Celtic's 6,500-strong support headed south for September's potentially combustible 'Battle of Britain' encounter.

Unlike Greater Manchester Police, who were represented by plain clothes officers at the Stadio Olimpico, it is not believed the Italian security enforcement will accompany the Roma fans to the game.