United quartet missing

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 Premier League 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.


Sir Alex Ferguson is facing the prospect of a hefty fine or a touchline ban after being charged with improper conduct for accusing referee Alan Wiley of being unfit.

The Manchester United manager has already apologised to Wiley and the Football Association but that has not saved him from an FA charge.

He now has two weeks to respond.