Reds will rotate squad

Sir Alex Ferguson has pledged to utilise his full squad over the hectic festive period. United go into the busy spell six points clear of champions Manchester City at the Barclays Premier League summit but facing a Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday schedule that concludes with the difficult FA Cup tie at West Ham. The manager expects to be able to chop and change his team in all of the matches to ensure the Reds remain fresh going into the New Year. When asked by MUTV about exploiting his squad, he admitted: "Absolutely. No doubt. It won't be the same team in any of these games. There will be changes each game." Michael Carrick can expect to be involved despite being withdrawn during the break against Sunderland as the midfielder could be in contention to start against Swansea on Sunday. "We've got a few bumps and bruises," revealed the boss. "Carrick got a bit of a tight hamstring last week so I took him off at half time in the game against Sunderland but we're alright and not too bad in terms of player availability."

曼联伤病情况恶化

作客酋长球场的比赛，曼联缺少了费迪南德、安德森、克莱维利、阿什利杨、欧文还有长期缺阵的弗莱彻和维迪奇。

这场比赛伤愈复出的琼斯在第17分钟就受伤，弗格森预测他将缺阵数周，而纳尼后来也因伤被换下。

“这对我们来说不是好消息。”弗格森说道：“我认为琼斯将缺阵几周，这是脚踝韧带的问题，卡里克在下半场觉得跟腱有问题。”

主帅还解释了他换下拉斐尔的原因，这位巴西小将在琼斯受伤后替补上阵，但后来又被朴智星换下。

“拉斐尔很不高兴，我能理解。他很勇敢很想成功抢球，但他已经领到黄牌，我认为如果他再作出一次半机会铲球的话，那么他可能会被罚下，因此我觉得让像瓦伦西亚这种经验更丰富的人踢右后卫会更好，还有朴智星和斯科尔斯能带来经验。”