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"He is a good man-marker and, while Scott Paterson is an excellent player, he does tend to take risks at the back and Daniele does not.

And shrewd man-marker di Livio is convinced he will shackle the pounds 20million- rated Beckham again in Wednesday night's return in Turin.

He was shadowed by the most feared man-marker in the Premiership but still looked the most inspirational player on a pitch bereft of ideas.

Martin O'Neill has already stated that he won't be deploying a man-marker to shackle Eriksen as he is happy to take his chances.

"But when Davis was sent off we were unable to use Muamba as a man-marker from then on, you can't do that when you only have 10 men.

However when the former Chelsea man-ager found himself out of a job, Moretti, who has a reputation as an excellent man-marker, also saw first-team opportunties restricted.

Yildiray Basturk needs space to cause havoc and a man-marker - Nicky Butt did the job at Sunderland - completely takes the Bayer Leverkusen schemer out.

"Ajax were a great side and I remember Graeme Sinclair, a pounds 100,000 signing from Dumbarton, was deployed as the man-marker on Cruyff and he did brilliantly.

O'Neil plays for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga and has had a great season in a man-marker role.

Vilified by outsiders,Neville has excelled in both full-back roles,central midfield and as a man-marker at times this season and,having made his 41st appearance of the campaign last weekend, knows Sir Alex Ferguson will have little hesitation in entrusting him with a starting place should O'Shea lose his fitness fight.

SHEFFIELD-born Jack Lester scored two and made Forest's other goal - not bad for a striker who had a man-marker from the start.

His speed, spirit and awareness have made him a marvellous man-marker down the years, but as his pace has dwindled, he has increasingly resorted to a more physical approach to repelling opposition forwards.