Jose Mourinho says tie is wide open

Cristiano Ronaldo in Action against former team (Manchester United)

Real Madrid bang-up Jose Mourinho played down the acceptation of acceptance an abroad ambition to Manchester United in their last-16 Champions League encounter. 

The tie stands at 1-1, afterwards Cristiano Ronaldo's advance annulled out Danny Welbeck's opener in Madrid.
Real bang-up Mourinho said: "Everything is accessible for the additional leg and I anticipate this will go to the endure minute.

"If you ask me for a percentage, it's 50/50. We can account added than one ambition over there [at Old Trafford]."

Hard plan already done?
Manchester United accept progressed in 17 of 19 European Cup knockout ties in which they accept abhorred defeat in a aboriginal leg abroad from home (source: Opta) 

In an accessible aboriginal half, Welbeck's advance put United in foreground afterwards abroad team's column Fabio Coentrao had hit the post, but Ronaldo denticulate adjoin his old club with a aerial bound afore the break.
There were added opportunities for Coentrao and Robin van Persie in the additional bisected but the abroad ambition gives United a attenuate advantage traveling into the acknowledgment accoutrement on 5 March.
United's David de Gea was the busier of the two keepers and as the bold wore on it appeared United were agreeable to achieve for a draw.

And Mourinho said: "It was not a surprise, the bout or the result. It was appropriate for them not for us, they afflicted the way they played and [defended deep] in the additional half.
"I don't anticipate Rio Ferdinand or Jonny Evans put one bottom in our bisected and they were cat-and-mouse for a set-piece and a adverse advance to account a additional goal. We are a aggregation that commonly has to hunt the bold but they did able-bodied and the aftereffect is open."


He added: "They had two big affairs in the additional bisected but affairs out of ambience because we were block the game. I anticipate they gave everything, of advance the bold was difficult because we started strong.
"We had a big adventitious if Fabio Coentrao hit the post. The aboriginal adventitious they had, they scored. In the additional half, they played for the result. Now is our time to go Old Trafford. 1-1 is not a bad aftereffect and aggregate is accessible and we can account added than one goal."

Real midfielder Xabi Alonso added that he was agreeable with the aftereffect and echoed Mourinho's assurance to advance in the additional leg.
"It could accept been bigger because we had affairs but they had chances. So, we are searching advanced to the additional leg. It's absolutely open.

"We charge to go for the win. We can't access the additional leg cerebration about a draw. We wish to go to Old Trafford to account goals."