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Ashley Young has warned the naysayers not to write off Manchester United as they attempt to rekindle their Champions League hopes in one of world football’s toughest venues. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men head to Paris Saint-Germain for the second leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday evening trailing 2-0 after a humbling experience at Old Trafford last month in what remains the only defeat they have suffered to date under their interim manager. PSG will run out as hot favourites to progress to the quarter-finals, but 33-year-old Young has advised them to take nothing for granted after seeing his team-mates revive their season since the Norwegian’s arrival. He said: “We know what we’re capable of. People can write us off. People were writing us off at the start of the season and people are writing us off now. It’s no different. “Obviously it’s going to be tough. It’s not going to be easy. We’ve got to go over there, win the ...