No way! Will hope for the annual LIV v CHE again! 

@ corez, pretty much agreed on that team/lineup 

offtopic..

is there any game live on astro b4 man utd's game (11pm)??

somone tell me whats happening? why scholes got red carded??
as im not watching the match?

Paul Scholes has a history of handling balls in own penalty box. According to the commentators, it is the second time he did that. But then, the Fulham player was so close to him that I think it was instinct reflect from him.

Rooney sending off is correct for me. The way he throw the ball is to hit the referee.    The referee was in consistent though. Dempsey kicked the ball away after whistle but yet received not even a warning.

I like the second half performance before Tevez came on. Rooney was always a threat until he was asked to occupy the right wing. Should have started. Park is not a bad right back too. 

Wayne Rooney was the victim of his own urgency to help United salvage something from Saturday's defeat at Fulham, according to Sir Alex Ferguson and Ryan Giggs.

The firebrand substitute, who injected drive and purpose to the Reds' second-half display at Craven Cottage, was sent off by referee Phil Dowd for two bookable offences.

There were no qualms with his first caution, for hauling back Cottagers midfielder Olivier Dacourt, but his second yellow - for hurling the ball to Ryan Giggs to take a free-kick - drew contention.

On MUTV, Sir Alex Ferguson pondered the referee's decision, asking: "Did he throw the ball at the referee? The ball went direct to where the free-kick was taken. Did it hit the referee? It didn't hit the referee. Was the ball thrown in anger? Yes, because he wants the game hurried up. He threw it with pace to get the game going. What can you say?"

Giggs, who skippered the Reds, concurred with his manager's view. "The first one was a booking, Wayne pulled him (Dacourt) back," said the veteran midfielder.

"But for the second booking, he just wanted to get the game going again. He threw the ball back to where the free-kick was and the referee’s opinion is that Wayne threw the ball at him. I think Wayne just wanted to keep the game going because we were losing and the free-kicks and bookings were slowing the game down."

Rooney's dismissal followed a straight red card for Paul Scholes, meaning that they and defender Nemanja Vidic will all miss Aston Villa's visit to Old Trafford through suspension.

I don't know why SAF didn't use Carrick or Anderson to replace the tired legs in the second half as well.  Although Fletcher improved a lot in the second half but both are better passer than him.

So, how many games will Rooney and Scholes be suspended?

Fulham 2-0 Man Utd
Soccer Saturday analysis

Two defeats in a week, two men sent off and a 2-0 defeat at Craven Cottage... Charlie Nicholas warned of troubled times for Manchester United.

The reigning Premier League champions had an afternoon to forget down by the Thames were they were sunk by goals in either half from Danny Murphy and Zoltan Gera.

But the misery did not end there, little over a week after they were mauled at home by arch rivals Liverpool - who can move to within a point with victory over Aston Villa on Sunday.

Both Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney were dismissed and will join Nemanja Vidic on the suspension list for the game with Aston Villa in two weeks' time, while Dimitar Berbatove was forced off with an injury.

And those facts, as much as the defeat itself, should have alarm bells ringing around Old Trafford, says Nicholas.

"That's two defeats and you're thinking 'can they handle the pressure?'," he told Soccer Saturday.

"The answer would have to be yes, they can, but Scholes is now suspended, Rooney and Vidic suspended, there's problems with Berbatov being injured - these are troubled times.

Defensively

"Sir Alex Ferguson has got a big, big week ahead of him.

"He will say they gave the ball away but he won't be happy they never got Berbatov or Ronaldo on the ball in the first half. Then they were down to 10 men, which didn't help, but they were still getting stretched all over the place defensively.

"It's not that they were playing badly, they just didn't get their passing going and if they don't get their passing going they can't get going in attack. It was a massive result for the league but I tell you what; don't take too much away from Fulham - they were excellent.

"There was no fluke about this. Fulham played well and were the better of the two sides. United just never got their passing going at all."

Nicholas also believes that United can have few complaints about the events that unfolded.

But he did admit that the two red cards, Scholes for handball on the line and Rooney for two bookings - the second throwing the ball back for a re-taken free-kick - came at just the wrong time.

"There were 18 minutes gone and they were under the cosh a little bit, with Zamora and Andy Johnson giving them a tough time and the midfield good for Fulham, but the red card to Paul Scholes - there was no debate," he said.

Fantastic

"It was a good header from Hangeland a good save from Van Der Sar but Zamora just nods it back and Scholes can't do anything; he just puts his hands up and blocks it. It was a red card and a fantastic penalty from Danny Murphy.

"Man United never really recovered, even though they put them under pressure for long periods of the second half.

"But then Rooney came on and livened the whole thing up. Man United just about knocked the door down but for Mark Schwarzer; it was a fantastic goalkeeping display from him, but Fulham were rocking.

"Man United looked then like it would be possible that they could even go on and win the game, but as they gambled and were throwing everything at them it was Zoltan Gera who got the decisive goal on the counter attack."

"Rooney was fuming, he was furious (when he got sent off), but taking nothing away from Fulham.

"The news will be all about Man United, all about Rooney's red card and Scholes' red card, but Fulham were very, very good today."

Rooney could face 3 match ban.

zzzz this is like rooney's how many red card?? dont he learn in these few years? keep it cool la.

Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov has been ruled out of Bulgaria's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Ireland and Cyprus through injury.

The 28-year-old national team captain suffered an ankle injury in United's shock 2-0 defeat against Fulham on Saturday and will now miss the trip to Dublin on March 28 and the home tie against the Cypriots that follows.

His injury comes as a blow to Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov's hopes, with Manchester City's Martin Petrov and Leicester City's Alexandar Tunchev already laid low by injuries.

Bulgarian national team doctor Mihail Iliev said: "There's no chance Berbatov of playing against Ireland and Cyprus.

"I've talked to Manchester United's medical staff and they informed me that he'll need to rest in the next two weeks and his foot will be immovable during that period."

Club | Player | Start | End

Manchester United FC | Wayne Rooney | 21/03/2009 |

Suspended from all football until the Club have completed 1 first team match for a Sending Off in a match played on 21/03/2009.