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Kamis, 11 Desember 2008

United wait on Rooney report


Manchester United face an anxious wait to discover whether UEFA will take action after Wayne Rooney was accused of stamping on an Aalborg opponent during Wednesday's 2-2 Champions League draw.

The England striker, whose second-half equaliser secured the point which ensured United qualified for the knockout stages as Group E winners, was accused by Kasper Risgard of making a dangerous tackle.

The first-half clash went unpunished by the referee, but the fiery frontman was also involved in a later skirmish with Aalborg defender Michael Jakobsen.

If UEFA decide to take action, Rooney could be banned for the start of the knockout stages which begin in February.

"I do not think the referee saw it," claimed midfielder Risgard.

"Anywhere else but this place (Old Trafford) it would have been a red card.

"I have some big marks and I do not think it looks good on television.

"There was also another incident with Rooney where he threw an arm and hurt one of our players.

"But these challenges happen in football and he did come and apologise to me after the game."

However, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson claimed nobody had over-stepped the mark in what he conceded was a feisty match at times.

The veteran manager singled out Aalborg midfielder Jeppe Curth for criticism following a challenge on Carlos Tevez.

"Aalborg are not short of tackles are they?" he said. "They got stuck in and the one on Carlos was a blatant attack. Probably what saved him was that Carlos got straight up.

"But other than that I don't think it was such a game that you could say it was a filthy match."

Fergie rues wasteful United


Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he is concerned by Manchester United's inability to turn chances into goals after they were held to a 2-2 Champions League draw by Danish side Aalborg.

In their final group game and with qualification for the knockout stages already assured, United totally dominated the first half at Old Trafford only to trail 2-1 at half-time.

Carlos Tevez had put the home side into a third minute lead, before a dominant United took their foot off the gas and conceded twice on the break.

Wayne Rooney's second-half equaliser secured the point which ensured Ferguson's side progressed as Group E winners.

"It is a concern," admitted the veteran manager. "It could be carelessness, it could be anything but we are missing too many chances and we have done it again tonight.

"If we don't start taking these opportunities at some point we are going to get embarrassed.

"Fortunately it didn't happen tonight, but if we are not careful we will get a defeat when we need a win."

Meanwhile, Ferguson admitted that Michael Carrick and Dimitar Berbatov are both injury doubts ahead of Saturday's trip to their former club Tottenham.

Both players missed Wednesday evening's final Champions League group stage game with niggling injuries.