Young wants change

Ashley Young is hoping for better luck in the Europa League after only having bad memories from his spell in the competition as an Aston Villa player. The Midlanders crashed out to Rapid Vienna in August, 2009, on away goals at the first hurdle, with Young's penalty miss going on to prove crucial in the second leg at Villa Park. Rapid repeated the trick a year later with the winger playing in the home leg after sitting out the 1-1 draw in the Austrian capital. "No, it's not been a good memory at all for me with Aston Villa not getting too far in the competition," he explained to MUTV. "Hopefully, this time around, it can be a different story and we can go a lot further and hopefully win it. "United have had great history throughout the years and Ajax have a great history as well. I don't think you'd have put this fixture together at the start of the season but it's a great tie and we're really looking forward to it." Young admits he is upset to be missing out on the business end of the Champions League but is keen to continue his European education with United. "From the time I signed here, I said playing in big competitions was what I wanted to do," he admitted. "The Champions League is one of them obviously and it was obviously disappointing to go out in the way that we did. But we've got the chance to go into the Europa League and we're really looking to go on and win that now."