Gallery: Reds are ready

It was arguably United's most important training session of the season, but the players showed no signs of any nerves as preparations continued for the Champions League trip to Real Madrid on Tuesday morning at Carrington.

The Reds are following the same schedule that's been undertaken for all Champions League away trips this season - a morning session at Carrington followed by an early afternoon flight into Europe.

As always, club photographers John and Matt Peters were on hand to capture the players being put their paces and you can view a gallery of images from training by clicking on the main image above.

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