Ryan Giggs is relishing the title race, now that Manchester United's place in in the Champions League final. United tackle local rivals Manchester City on Sunday knowing victory will take them to within four points of a Barclays Premier League title hat-trick.
Yet, at the end of a draining fortnight that has included back-to-back encounters with Arsenal, the comeback against Tottenham and a far more comfortable trip to Middlesbrough, 35-year-old Giggs would be forgiven if he just wanted to put his feet up.
But nothing could be further from the truth.
Despite his vast medal haul, Giggs is still hungry for more. And the more big games piled in front of him, the better.
"At this part of the season you want to be involved in big games all the time - and we are," he said.
"We have another one on Sunday against Manchester City. But it is not something we should be complaining about.
"We just have to get ourselves ready and on Sunday we will be."
Giggs' focus means thoughts of a meeting with Barcelona in Rome's Stadio Olimpico on May 27 are now banished to a far corner of his mind as the battle resumes for what would be an 11th Premier League title - and 18th overall - for United.
After the one week wobble, during which the Red Devils were hammered at home by Liverpool and then lost at Fulham, Sir Alex Ferguson's men are back on top form.
Free-kick king Cristiano Ronaldo might be leading the way but the world player of the year is being ably assisted by Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Michael Carrick, while others such as John O'Shea, Park Ji-sung and the unfortunate Darren Fletcher are performing magnificently too.
It is exactly the kind of situation Ferguson craved when he started constructing his present squad four years ago.
And Giggs is delighted to be part of it.
"I hope we are hitting form at the right time," said Giggs. "The manager always knew we would need a big squad because of all the games we might have to play. Now he is using it."
City can expect to face Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez along with Paul Scholes and, maybe, Giggs, who would be advancing his record number of appearances in derby clashes to 29.
