Sir Alex Ferguson flies to Milan today for Manchester United’s biggest game of the season, facing the horrendous prospect of playing a central midfielder in the heart of his defence at the San Siro tomorrow night.Either Darren Fletcher or Michael Carrick could play alongside Rio Ferdinand after Jonny Evans was injured against Blackburn on Saturday. Ferguson faces his old foe Jose Mourinho in the first leg of a last 16 Champions League tie with Inter, desperately hoping to improve a record of just one win against the former Chelsea and Porto manager.
But Ferguson admitted last night that he faces a ‘nightmare’ in defence, with Nemanja Vidic suspended and Evans joining Gary Neville, Wes Brown and John O’Shea on the injury list.
Wayne Rooney celebrates after putting United in front against Blackburn
If O’Shea or Evans do not win their fitness battles, Ferguson may have to call on someone to play out of position alongside Ferdinand as United try to keep Serie A player of the year Zlatan Ibrahimovic quiet.
Ferguson said: ‘I just hope we can get two centre backs out for Tuesday because at this moment it’s very doubtful. Jonny Evans is unlikely to play.
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