Rio and Vida to miss Liverpool

• Rooney9

  2 Mar 11, 13:13

  

  United will travel to Liverpool on Sunday without first-choice centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.

  Vidic is suspended after seeing red on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge, while Sir Alex says Ferdinand “won’t be fit” for the lunchtime clash.

  The boss delivered the news after United slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea in a game that ended with Reds skipper Vidic given his marching orders for a second bookable offence.

  That means Wes Brown will be drafted in to play alongside Chris Smalling on Sunday.

  “Wes will take over,” Sir Alex said. “He has great experience.”

  The manner of Tuesday’s defeat clearly rankled the manager, but he insisted the Reds must now look ahead to the next challenge.

  “At this club, you have to recover,” he told MUTV. “That result’s put us back but we have to recover for Sunday’s game against Liverpool.

  “We didn’t deserve to lose [at Chelsea]. We played some fantastic stuff at times. It’s hard to take.”

• tripsky

  2 Mar 11, 14:33

  oh no

• jonchao72

  2 Mar 11, 14:47

  nvm we got SMALLING =D

  but evans will be unpredictable leh

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  2 Mar 11, 15:41

  Lolx senior def all gone

   

  i think smalling can

   

   

   

   

• similanjiaomycockbig ok

  2 Mar 11, 16:04

  liverpoo will have man utd for lunch,dinner,breakfast,supper

• F.raon.I.R

  2 Mar 11, 16:15

  FINALLY,we will see wes brown play...but not at a very gd timing..Smalling and brown partnership...Full backs uncertain too with evra picking up a knock..hope he's fine

• CKeer

  2 Mar 11, 23:18

  Originally posted by F.raon.I.R:

  FINALLY,we will see wes brown play...but not at a very gd timing..Smalling and brown partnership...Full backs uncertain too with evra picking up a knock..hope he's fine

  I'd rather have Brown than Evans la. If Brown is a small gamble than Evans must be a "show hand".