Last Updated: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:30
Ediwn van der Sar admits he's relieved Manchester United have managed to successfully come through their Champions League group.
United have already booked their place in the last 16 of the competition by virtue of another impressive group-stage campaign, winning all but one of their games so far.
They take on Besiktas at Old Trafford on Wednesday knowing a win could see them crowned Group B winners with one game to play and goalkeeper van der Sar admits he is pleased United have made light work of qualifying - unlike Liverpool, Bayern Munich and holders Barcelona, who could all be eliminated this week.
"The other groups are crazy," said Van der Sar. "It used to be the case that you always wanted to be first in your group but there are a couple this time where you know already that the runners-up would bring a difficult draw in February.
"The most important thing is to get the win tomorrow and see what happens later on."
Boss Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to rotate his squad on Wednesday with a Premier League trip to Portsmouth on the horizon at the weekend and, with that in mind, punters may fancy using a free bet to back Besiktas to pull off a surprise result in Manchester on Wednesday evening.