FORMER Manchester United star Henning Berg hopes to bid a fond farewell to Old Trafford tomorrow by blowing a hole in his old club's title ambitions.

The Blackburn defender, who spent three seasons at United, is set to play his last ever game at the famous old stadium after announcing his plans to quit English football in the summer.

And the 33-year-old Norwegian fully intends to go out in style by helping to lead Rovers to a famous 'double double'.

"It's going to be very, very difficult tomorrow because United are currently flying but with the likes of Duffer, Coley, Hakan, Dunny and the rest of the players we've got going forward, we can also cause them problems of our own," said Berg.

"But we've got to make sure we defend right first.

"It's no good doing well going forward if we don't defend properly because you won't win the game like that.

"We must never, ever forget how important it is to make sure we are hard to beat first before we start bombing forward.

"We've got to be solid like we have been in the last few weeks then we've got every chance of getting a result."

Berg has many happy memories of his time at Old Trafford, having moved there from Rovers in a £5 million deal in 1997.

But the one abiding image of that period in his career was helping the Reds to clinch an historic treble in 1999.

Now United are closing in on yet more silverware with the Premier League title well within their grasp.

And Berg admits he can see certain similarities between that class of '99 and the team Sir Alex Ferguson is in charge of now, even though they were recently outclassed in the Champions League against Real Madrid.

"It's difficult to compare the two because they've got a lot of different players now compared to when I was there," said Berg.

"Barthez is playing instead of Schmeichel. They've paid a lot of money for Rio Ferdinand. John O'Shea has come through the ranks. And then of course they've got van Nistelrooy up front.

"The midfield is still the same, though. They've still got Roy Keane, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, so the most significant players are still there.

"Those are the kind of players who have the experience to go and win things so, to be honest, I don't think there's too much difference from '99.

"Maybe in '99 we had four really top class strikers in Solskjaer, Teddy Sheringham, Yorkie and Coley, whereas now they've only really got Ruud, who is getting lots of goals and then the rest are chipping in with the odd one or two here and there.

"Solskjaer tends to play more wide right now and in Giggsy they've got a midfielder playing up front, but he's doing well because he's scoring goals.

"So perhaps the team is a little bit more flexible now from an attacking point of view."

Van Nistelrooy has certainly won his fair share of admirers -- Berg included -- since his arrival from PSV Eindhoven two years ago.

The Dutch international notched his 37th goal of the season, and his 73rd in just under two years, against Arsenal on Wednesday night.

And Berg is in no doubt that he's the man him and Craig Short must stop if Rovers are to complete a famous league double over the Reds to match the one they pulled off against Arsenal.

"He's one of the best goalscorers in this league, if not the world," said Berg.

"Inside the box I don't know anyone better than him and when he's on song he's very difficult to stop.

"He does have one or two games where he isn't really in his aggressive mode and he doesn't look that impressive as a result.

"But in most of the games he plays, he really comes to life and we'll have to watch him very closely."

Wednesday night's 2-2 draw between United and Arsenal has placed even greater importance on the outcome of tomorrow's result in terms of the title race.

"It's hard to say who's going to win it," said Berg.

"I think United are the better team at the moment but if Arsenal get it together again then they've got a chance, too."