Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wes Brown will play against Liverpool
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to put United’s hopes on the veteran centre half Wes Brown for the upcoming trip to Liverpool on Sunday.
Talking after Manchester United’s defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the Red Devils’ manager confirmed, “I don't think Rio will be fit for Liverpool. Wes Brown will take over.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 has been out of action since the start of February 2011. The English skipper suffered a calf injury during the warm up ahead of Manchester United’s first defeat of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The 32-year-old defender was expected to return by the end of February but failed to pass the fitness test ahead of the Chelsea match. Rio was not part of the Manchester team that suffered the second defeat of the season at Stamford Bridge.
Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed Tuesday that Ferdinand is still far away from full fitness and will not be part of United’s squad for their trip to Anfield.
Moreover, Manchester United skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 on Sunday.
Nemanja was shown a yellow card in the first half for tackling http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 in the dying minutes
of the match.
Furthermore, Manchester United centre half Johnny Evans, who has featured in 13 matches in the season, is also injured and will not play against Liverpool.
Vidic’s suspension and injuries to United defenders means that Sir Alex Ferguson will be without his preferred central defenders for the upcoming title-deciding fixture against Liverpool on Sunday.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Smalling in the heart of Manchester United defence. Brown has not been at his fluent best and has hardly been part of the Red Devils squad in the season. The 31-year-old has only played 5 Premier League
matches for United in the season.
Manchester United’s defeat against Chelsea have put them within reach of Arsenal, who are placed second in the League with 56 points.
Defeat at Anfield would put Manchester United’s hopes of landing record 19th title in jeopardy, as the Red Devils would then be in a position to surrender the top spot to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-Maseru-c38430.
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