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Blackburn v Man Utd
Channel 27 : 12:30 am - (Live) (Sunday Morning)
Blackburn are likely to be without goalkeeper Paul Robinson who is struggling to shake off a calf injury.
Vince Grella is also a doubt, while Benni McCarthy is back in training but is unlikely to start.
Wayne Rooney is a doubt for Manchester United after injuring his ankle in the midweek European win at Aalborg.
Paul Scholes was carried off in that match with medial ligament damage and joins Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick on the sidelines.
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Blackburn (from): Brown, Robinson, Bunn, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock, Emerton, Olsson, Tugay, Derbyshire, Santa Cruz, Villanueva, Fowler, Andrews, Fowler, Grella, Treacy, Pedersen.
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Amos, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Tevez, Berbatov, Rooney, Welbeck.
Blackburn manager Paul Ince:
"This is the exciting thing about coming to the Premier League. It's a chance to pit yourself against Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of all time as far as I'm concerned. "Fergie has such high standards. I played under a lot of managers but they don't come close. That is no disrespect to them because I don't think anybody does. "But it's not about me and it's not about Alex Ferguson, it's about the 22 players that go out on the pitch and hopefully we will perform."Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson:
"It is not strange offering advice to a rival. It does not matter to me at all. That is what I am there for with the experience I have got. "A lot of managers have asked my advice over the years. It is part of helping people to get on in the game. "At the end of the day it is how you tell your own story and how you impart your knowledge to players that counts."LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAMEBlackburn Rovers 1-1 Manchester United
19 April 2008 - Ref: Rob Styles
Blackburn scorer: Santa Cruz 21
Man Utd scorer: Tevez 88REFEREEAlan Wiley (Stafforshire)
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Neville and Rooney doubtful
Sir Alex has confirmed Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney are doubts ahead of Saturday's visit to Blackburn.
Rooney was forced off the pitch against Aalborg on Tuesday night with an ankle injury, while Neville missed the trip to Denmark after suffering a knock last weekend. Both players, however, engaged in light jogging on Friday morning.
But the visit to Ewood Park looks to have come too soon and the pair are likely to join Michael Carrick (ankle), Owen Hargreaves and Paul Scholes (both knee) on the sidelines.
"Losing Scholes is a blow because he’s such an important player," Sir Alex said. "But Paul has had a couple of long-term injuries like this and he’s always come back nice and fresh."
Scholes suffered medial ligament damage against Aalborg and is expected to be out for 10 weeks. And even though the midfielder is approaching 34, the United boss has no concerns over his ability to recover from this latest setback.
"He only needs to look at Gary Neville, who was out for 18 months and has come back fantastically well. You have to admire the perseverance and determination he’s shown to come back – it’s an inbred characteristic in all of the players. I’m very confident Paul will be back and will play for easily another year.
"It was a worry when he had that eye injury [in 2006/07] because at the time we couldn’t find an answer. But he came back from that and did the same from his injury last season and he’ll come back from this one.
"Even though he can’t do any football work at the moment, he’ll be working away in the gym so he’s ready for when he comes back."
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I think Brown will play tonight cos Santa Cruz is a tall striker so Fergie will need all his tall defenders... Moreover, this match is going to be a tough one knowing Blackburn's style of play...
Van der Sar
Brown / Ferdinand / Vidic / Evra
Ronaldo / Fletcher / Anderson / Park
Tevez / Berbatov
Amos, Evans, O'Shea, Giggs, Rooney, Nani, Welbeck.
Edited by zocoss 04 Oct `08, 10:07PM
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I said it before and I will say it again... Rooney and Ronaldo, individually they are good, but put them together and they are like the dynamic duo... This is what United have been missing since the start of the season... Now the United engine is getting into gear... Lets hope for more goals next...
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