Sir Alex Ferguson has backed up Roy Keane's view that Manchester United's stars will be playing for their futures when they take on Bayern Munich.
Keane has voiced his concerns that "heads will roll" if United cannot overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit in the Champions League when they travel to Germany.
And Ferguson has also dropped a hint that despite having clinched a seventh Premiership title in nine years, he is ready to ring the changes at Old Trafford if his side fails to make the last four of Europe's premier competition.
Sir Alex said: "Wednesday will bring back just whether we are capable of winning against the best teams in Europe.
"How we do will make our mind up on quite a few things."
Ferguson accepts that his side face a formidable task in Munich, but he is full of hope that they can turn the tie round.
He added: "They have never lost a game in Munich after taking a first-leg lead and they have only lost three games in Munich in all their European games. That's not a bad record.
"And the German mentality means you know you are going to face a determined set of players, there's no question of that.
"They have won their league for the last two seasons and they are going for a third title this year, so we know we will be facing a formidable bunch of players.
"But I believe we have the better ability. In fact, there are many things that I'm positive about."