Park Ji-sung reveals his saddest Manchester United moment

Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung says missing out on a place in the squad for the 2008 Champions League final was one of the 'saddest moments' of his playing career.

The South Korean established himself as a reliable member of the United squad during his time at Old Trafford, but missed out on a chance to play in one of their greatest moments.

Park missed the entirety of the Champions League group stage with a knee injury in 2007/08, but played every minute of both legs in the quarter-final win over Roma and semi-final triumph against Barcelona.

The versatile midfielder was limited to just 18 appearances in all competitions that season due to his long injury lay-off but was back fully fit for the final against Chelsea in Moscow.

However, despite playing in the latter stages of the competition Park was absent from the 18-man squad for the showpiece event at the Luzhniki Stadium, and he admits it was a tough decision to take.

"We won the Premier League many times and reached many finals, and it was in Moscow that I had one of my saddest moments when I found out I wasn't in the squad for the Champions League final against Chelsea," the midfielder told Utd Unscripted.

"Everyone was great, but I still remember Patrice (Evra) and Carlos (Tevez) in particular, they definitely gave me comfort. I was sad, obviously, but they just hugged me, then I could read their faces how they felt disappointed for me and how sad they felt. They wanted to share the occasion with me, with their friend, so I felt really appreciated by their behaviour and their expressions on their faces. But what can we do? I was disappointed before, then once the game started I was just praying for us to win. That's our situation. The atmosphere in our dressing room was like that. After everything, we won the Champions League so nobody can blame anybody!

"The party afterwards, I half enjoyed it, half didn't enjoy it, it was a strange feeling. I could understand it in my head that we were champions of Europe but I couldn't really feel it in my heart, so it was mixed feelings. I was really happy that we succeeded and won the Champions League, which is what we wanted to do, and I know it wasn't only me, there were other players in the squad who hadn't played. We had 25 or more who wanted to be in the squad and only 18 who could make it, so I knew it wasn't just me. That's the team, you know."