Strike duo out for United

<span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background-color: white;">            </span><u>Rooney and Hernandez out of Champions League </u><span style="background-color: white;">c</span></strong></span><br /><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xurqqOEGRp5MKzQ4okLBaPuBGmLW0pjlINC6UpIANpeBehPXhnXT3NiC1ypObPnEVQpYgPQFilD5Ixhsxu_gvwhVVmFvVC9l0eNh32KtKgfQFJf1d10kIt2_cWEFXps31XU5j-HaqRN-/s1600/Javier-Hernandez_2649735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="338" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xurqqOEGRp5MKzQ4okLBaPuBGmLW0pjlINC6UpIANpeBehPXhnXT3NiC1ypObPnEVQpYgPQFilD5Ixhsxu_gvwhVVmFvVC9l0eNh32KtKgfQFJf1d10kIt2_cWEFXps31XU5j-HaqRN-/s640/Javier-Hernandez_2649735.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="v5-txt-cpt"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><em><strong>"Hernandez: Ruled out of European game against Basel"</strong></em></span></u></div><div class="v5-txt-cpt"><br /></div><div class="v5-txt-strong"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Javier Hernandez will join Wayne Rooney in missing the game against Basel, while Manchester United could be without a number of other senior players for Tuesday's UEFA Champions League clash. </strong></span></div><span class="lingo_region" sizcache="2972" sizset="0"><a _old_href="http%3A%2F%2Ftopics.skysports.com%2FSir%2BAlex%2BFerguson%2F%3Fsection%3Dfootball" class=" lingo_link" href="http://citiesandteams.blogspot.com/2011/09/manchester-united-fc-manchester.html" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search."><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Sir Alex Ferguson</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> revealed after the draw with Stoke on Saturday that </span><a _old_href="http%3A%2F%2Ftopics.skysports.com%2FWayne%2BRooney%2F%3Fsection%3Dfootball" class=" lingo_link" href="http://citiesandteams.blogspot.com/2011/09/manchester-united-fc-manchester.html" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search."><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Rooney</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> was likely to be sidelined for 'more than a week' after sitting out the Britannia Stadium encounter with a hamstring injury.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">It has now been confirmed that Rooney will miss the match against Basel after taking no part in training at United's Carrington headquarters on Monday morning.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Rooney's regular strike partner Hernandez, who limped off early in the Stoke game with a dead leg following a challenge by Jonathan Woodgate, has also failed to recover in time to face the Swiss outfit.</span></span> <br /><div sizcache="17361" sizset="0"><span style="font-size: small;">Ferguson will therefore be choosing between Michael Owen, fit-again </span><a _old_href="http%3A%2F%2Ftopics.skysports.com%2FDanny%2BWelbeck%2F%3Fsection%3Dfootball" class=" lingo_link" href="http://citiesandteams.blogspot.com/2011/09/manchester-united-fc-manchester.html" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search."><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Danny Welbeck</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> and </span><a _old_href="http%3A%2F%2Ftopics.skysports.com%2FDimitar%2BBerbatov%2F%3Fsection%3Dfootball" class=" lingo_link" href="http://citiesandteams.blogspot.com/2011/09/manchester-united-fc-manchester.html" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search."><span style="color: #214cb8; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Dimitar</span> <span style="color: red;">Berbatov</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> in his attack.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;">Berbatov has had limited opportunities to impress during the early part of the season but Ferguson maintains that he is still a vital part of his plans.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"He is one of our squad members and they all have a part to play in the context of the number of games we have," said Ferguson.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"It is an exhausting season unless you use all your squad."</span><br /><h4><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Emergency</span></h4><div sizcache="19049" sizset="0"><span style="font-size: small;">But the problems do not stop there for United, with central defenders Jonny Evans (ankle), <span style="color: #214cb8;"><span style="color: red;">Chris</span> <span style="color: red;">Smalling</span></span><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> (groin) and Nemanja Vidic (calf) also absent from training on Monday.</span></div><div sizcache="18986" sizset="0"><span style="font-size: small;">That is almost certain to mean </span><a _old_href="http%3A%2F%2Ftopics.skysports.com%2FRio%2BFerdinand%2F%3Fsection%3Dfootball" class=" lingo_link" href="http://citiesandteams.blogspot.com/2011/09/manchester-united-fc-manchester.html" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search."><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Rio Ferdinand</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> lining up alongside youngster Phil Jones against Basel, with Antonio <span style="color: red;">Valencia</span><span style="color: #214cb8;"><img class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" id="lingo_icon" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif" style="background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; height: 12px; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: static; text-decoration: none; top: auto; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 12px;" /></span> again pressed into service as an emergency right-back as Rafael (shoulder) is out with a long-term problem.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;">Fellow long-term casualties Tom Cleverley (foot) and Darron Gibson (ankle) have long since been ruled out.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">United drew their opening match with Benfica in Lisbon a fortnight ago, while Basel are group leaders after defeating Romanian side Otelul Galati in their first game.</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="background-color: white;">lash</span></strong></span>

Strike duo out for United

             Rooney and Hernandez out of Champions League c  "Hernandez: Ruled out of European game against Basel" Javier Hernan...

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