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width="1" height="1" //divpManchester United have several injury worries ahead of their Premier
League match at Aston Villa tomorrow. Dimitar Berbatov and Wes Brown are both definitely out, Rio
Ferdinand is unlikely to play and Wayne Rooney is also a doubt after missing England's friendly in
Germany on Wednesday./ppBerbatov picked up a hamstring injury on international duty with Bulgaria
this week, limping off during their game with Serbia. Scans revealed he has not suffered a muscle
tear, but he will miss tomorrow's match, Tuesday's Champions League fixture at Villarreal and
possibly next weekend's derby with City./ppBrown will be out for several weeks after undergoing
exploratory surgery on his ongoing ankle problem, and fellow defender Ferdinand is unlikely to
feature at Villa Park because of a back injury. "Rio is very doubtful for tomorrow, I don't think
he'll make it," Sir Alex Ferguson said today. "Rooney has a good chance, he trained on Wednesday
and Thursday and if he comes through today he should be involved. Wes will be missing for a few
weeks. There's no timescale on it, but may be about 4-5 weeks. It's disappointing, but we've got
cover with Gary [Neville] and Rafael, and John O'Shea can also play there."/ppFerguson will have to
watch tomorrow's game from the stands as part of his two-match suspension, after being found guilty
of improper conduct by the FA for his post-match rant at referee Mike Dean following United's 4-3
victory over Hull. It is the second time Ferguson has been consigned to the stands in the last 12
months, having served a suspension last Christmas for his verbal attack on Mark
Clattenburg./ppToday he admitted that he was to blame for losing his temper, but said the FA's
respect campaign may be an unworthwhile venture because managers will always be angered by the
human errors of referees. "It happens," Ferguson said. "It is my own fault. The [disciplinary
panel's] job is not to consider the performance level of referees. You will always get inconsistent
decisions because every referee has their own opinions of things and his own judgement about
things. That is one of the great things about our game. That has not changed from the day
refereeing started."/pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia
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