Injury problems mount for Ferguson

Manchester United are without Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher and Patrice Evra for tomorrow’s Champions League clash…

Manchester United are without Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher and Patrice Evra for tomorrow’s Champions League clash at CSKA Moscow.

Rooney (calf) was injured on England duty in Ukraine earlier this month while Giggs suffered a knock in Saturday’s defeat of Bolton.

Evra and Fletcher have also not travelled to Russia for the Group B clash as manager Sir Alex Ferguson takes no risks ahead of Sunday’s encounter at Liverpool.

Park Ji-Sung (knee) is still out but Nemanja Vidic (ankle) is with the squad and is expected to be fit.

Team (from):Van Der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, J Evans, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Macheda, Nani, Fabio, Rafael, C Evans.

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