Michael Carrick is experiencing a sense of deja-vu and there is no way the Manchester United midfielder wants to spend another summer mulling over defeat by Chelsea.

In Carrick's first season at United, after his £18.6million move from Spurs, he won a Premier League title but was prevented from adding to his medal haul by losing to a Didier Drogba goal in the FA Cup final at Wembley.

Twelve months on and the stakes are even higher as England's top two sides battle it out in Moscow at Wednesday's Champions League showdown.

And having doubled his title collection after United again pipped Chelsea last week, there is no way the England star wants to experience another cup final defeat.

"It is similar to my first season," he said. "We know how bad it felt to lose that final and we want to put it right this time.

"It is bigger because it is the Champions League but we do not want to experience that losing feeling again."

United may hold the edge after winning the race for the league but Chelsea could counter that argument by pointing to their win when the two sides last met at Stamford Bridge three weeks ago.

Carrick is not bragging about any edge United may have and says the league win is irrelevant

"We want to win the Champions League," he said. "In terms of who's dominant, the league goes out of the window now.

"We've achieved that and moved on from that already and we move on to bigger and better things. Obviously the rewards and losses are massive on Wednesday.

"I don't know about advantages, I just know that we are really confident.

"The training ground is a happy place to be and everyone is really buzzing and looking forward to the game."

"It's a one-off game and what has happened in the past will probably remain there.

"But we are confident and if we are at our best I think we will win the game."

He added: "It's very tight. Going into the last game being level, it's tight and the two teams are very well matched.

"We're feeling great that we've won the league and we feel like we're the best team when we play at our best. But we have to be at our best to win the game on Wednesday."

Alex Ferguson has often said United have not conquered Europe enough for a club of their size, but Carrick says winning it only twice shows how difficult the task is.

Many United fans will point to the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster and the 40th since their first European Cup win in 1968, but Carrick will not allow sentiment to get in the way.

"It would mean everything to come away with a Champions League medal," he said. "It doesn't happen very often. For this to be only the club's third final speaks volumes of how tough the competition is to win."