Sir Alex Ferguson: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 could face Tottenham
Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of Manchester United, has said that he is hoping that his striker, Wayne Rooney would be back in action in the important game against Tottenham on Sunday.
Ferguson said that he was expecting Rooney to be fit in time for the FA Cup tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, but Wayne was not 100% and it would not have not have been wise to let him play.
Wayne Rooney sustained an ankle injury in the game against West Brom in the Premier League game on New Year’s Day. The striker encountered a similar injury last season against Bayern Munich, which kept him out for 2 months.
Ferguson said: "I could have put him on the bench but there was no point... He just felt it again on Friday and when he came in on Saturday morning you could see there was a reaction. At that point, we said no."
Sir Alex Ferguson also expects his captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550 to be fit in time for the match against Tottenham, while his number one keeper, Edwin van der Sar may still need another week to shake off the flu virus, which has caused him to miss 3 games already.
Manchester United have enough depth in their squad that they were able to play without the injured trio, and still managed to get past Liverpool in the FA Cup tie. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 was the man who scored the only goal of the game, from a penalty.
A lot of questions were raised after the game about the legality of the penalty given to United when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Agger-c9884. Howard Webb's popularity with the Liverpool supporters was sent down the drain when he sent off Liverpool captain,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282.
Ferguson said that he always agrees with what the referee says and cannot make his own judgements. He said that Berbatov was an honest player and he did tell him that he was clipped, and that was enough evidence for him.
Liverpool continued to protest against both decisions, but Ferguson said that he was not bothered about that.
Ferguson insisted that there was no doubt about the validity of the Red Card given to Steven Gerrard and that there is no room in the game for such antics.
However, Ferguson admitted that Steven Gerrard is normally not the sort of player who would intentionally go in with a tackle like that, but rules have to be the same for every player regardless of his reputation.
Manchester United are now 2 points clear of Manchester City, on the top of the table. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, meanwhile, trail them by 9 points, having played a game more.
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