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MANCHESTER UNITED v Sunderland
fa premiership, Matchday 08
Old
Trafford, Manchester,
17.30pm GMT, Saturday 3rd October 2009. |
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Michael Owen
(groin) is out.
Ben Foster will return to United's goal.
Both EVDS & Rafael
have returned to training, both however are expected not to
feature.
JSP will be checked
to see if he has recovered from a virus.
Steve Bruce has no new injury worries.
Phil Bardsley,
Kieran Richardson,
David Healy &
Frasier Campbell all return to their old club.
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Owen
“"We expect him
to be available for the next game, it certainly won't be three
weeks," Ferguson said.
"We are quite pleased. Obviously it is understandable we wanted
to take precautions given his past history but we are quite
comfortable with the situation.
"He did miss training earlier this week so maybe we should have
left him out. But he wanted to play and I wanted him to play.
Thankfully it is not a big problem for us."
Michael Carrick
“Just because
you sit out one or two games doesn’t mean he’s fallen out with
you - it’s just a case of looking at the long haul and making
sure everyone is fresh throughout the season.
“You can get a little bit frustrated but you trust the manager.
Of course I want to play every game but it’s a long season and
you have got to patient.
“Look around the squad at the quality we have and no one is
going to play every week. I’ve been here long enough that I know
how things work.
“I have been in and out but that’s just how it is, everyone is
going to be the same.
“We trust the manager and the teams he picks and it works. As
long as we are successful at the end of the season everyone’s
happy.” |
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Manchester
United (from): Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, O’Shea, Brown,
Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Anderson,
Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Berbatov.
Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Bardsley, McCartney,
Ferdinand, Turner, Nosworthy, Da Silva, Mensah, Cana,
Cattermole, Richardson, Reid, Malbranque, Henderson, Bent,
Jones, Campbell, Murphy, Healy. |
Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.
126th
meeting between the two sides.