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Wayne Rooney remains a doubt for Manchester United's Barclays Premier League trip to Liverpool on Sunday.

The United striker has been out with a calf injury since England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine a fortnight ago.

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson is hopeful the former Everton star will be fit to feature on Merseyside but admits it is far from certain.

Veteran Ryan Giggs is poised to return after suffering a knock in last week's defeat of Bolton and Patrice Evra has overcome a heel problem.

Darren Fletcher (groin) is another doubt while Park Ji-Sung (knee) is set for a couple of weeks on the sidelines.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez will give his injured trio of Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Glen Johnson every chance to prove their fitness.

Gerrard is the biggest concern of the groin injury victims but he received treatment on Friday, and that will continue right up until the Anfield clash.

Torres and Johnson are much closer to being confirmed in the starting line-up ahead of the match but winger Albert Riera (hamstring) and defenders Martin Kelly (ankle) and Sotirios Kyrgiakos (knee) are out and midfielder Alberto Aquilani - who played for the reserves on Wednesday - will not be considered.

Teams:

Liverpool (from): Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Skrtel, Aurelio, Insua, Mascherano, Babel, Lucas, Kuyt, Benayoun, Gerrard, Torres, Voronin, Ngog, Spearing, Plessis, Dossena, Cavalieri.

Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, J Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Macheda, Nani, Fabio, Rafael, Fletcher, Rooney.

Guess we dunno if he trained on Sat...

just off out for sunday lunch then back in time for Kick off can't wait for this game, Lets hope Mystic jarv has the result right

dont know weather to go to pub and watch this, or stay at home, watch the second FAI cup semi final (bray v fingal) and stream the match instead

stay at home i'd say watch one game get one free

arrrragggghhhhh, thought both kick of at 4, liverpool v utd is 2, FAI semi final is 4, means i can watch both but means i have half the time to do want i planned to do before kick off

gotta run, chat to ya's

oops - laters

Wayne Rooney has been passed fit to start today's crunch Premier League fixture between Manchester United and Liverpool but may be omitted over fears about his temperament.The Mail on Sunday reports Sir Alex Ferguson declaring that "Wayne's completely fit, there are no injury worries", but adds that 'sources close to the United dressing room warned that Rooney is not guaranteed a place in the starting line-up because of doubts over his temperament in games against Liverpool.'

1305: Hearing news that Fernando Torres and Glen Johnson start for Liverpool, but Steven Gerrard has not made it. Wayne Rooney returns for Manchester United and ex-Reds striker Michael Owen is on the bench.

Liverpool v Manchester United line-ups:
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Lucas, Mascherano, Benayoun, Kuyt, Aurelio, Torres.
Subs: Cavalieri, Voronin, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Degen, Skrtel.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov, Rooney.
Subs: Foster, Neville, Owen, Anderson, Nani, Fabio Da Silva, Jonathan Evans.

Linky: sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/81774

COME ON!!!!

Alternative linky, just in case. It's the YES channel on Sopcast in English.

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/69850

need to keep close tabs on Benayoun

Never a free kick on Torres

Evra booked

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