Nemanja Vidic and Wayne Rooney were both in the wars again this weekend, as United lost the battle at Stamford Bridge.
Serbian centre-back Vidic, who missed the midweek match in Barcelona, saw just eight minutes of action against Chelsea. The defender came off worse in a duel with Didier Drogba and was treated by physio Rob Swire before leaving the field on a stretcher.
“He (Vidic) got kneed in the face by Drogba - and no foul was given," Sir Alex told MUTV.
"He’s got a few stitches under his lip and he’s lost a tooth. He was dazed rather than concussed but if we’d waited for him to come round we would have played 10 or 15 minutes (with ten men) and you can’t afford that in such a big game. So we took him off."
Owen Hargreaves came on at right-back and Wes Brown replaced Vidic as Rio Ferdinand's partner in the centre. The reorganised rearguard kept Chelsea at bay until Michael Ballack scored in first-half injury time - and for a similar duration in the second period until the same opponent netted his controversial penalty.
Rooney was withdrawn in the second half, moments after scoring United's equaliser.
“Wayne got the same knock as he got last week, straight on the hip bone," said Sir Alex.
"It takes a while for that to clear because when you get a bang on it, it’s very painful. I’m hopeful he will be alright for Tuesday's match against Barcelona.
"Other than that, I think everyone’s okay."
vidic 甩左隻牙........但週二應該無咩問題
朗尼同上星期個傷一樣, 週二應該可以上陣
