Fergie: Roo may miss run-in

WAYNE ROONEY could miss the rest of the Premier League season after a groin strain ruled him out of Manchester United's win over Spurs.

The striker picked up the injury in training on Thursday and may not feature in United's remaining two league fixtures this season.

Speaking after the 3-1 victory at Old Trafford, boss Alex Ferguson said: "Rooney's groin injury may take two or three weeks. We will try and give it every chance.

"We'll try to get him back, he'll obviously be desperate to get back himself. We'll just have to wait and see."

Rooney has only just returned to action after aggravating an ankle injury in the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.

England boss Fabio Capello will be hopeful the hitman recovers full fitness in time for England's assault on the World Cup in June.

Over to you, Chelsea

United moved two points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League with the 3-1 win over Tottenham, and the Reds are now hoping Stoke City can do us a favour at Stamford Bridge.

Carlo Ancelotti's men will return to the league's summit if the beat Tony Pulis' side, but Darren Fletcher says the pressure is now on for Chelsea not to slip up.

"Since they beat us here at Old Trafford it’s been their title to lose," said the Reds midfielder. "We just have to keep winning and concentrating on ourselves. We’ve won our game and now it goes over to them. It’ll be tight now for the rest of the season."

United travel to Sunderland next Sunday before the visit of Stoke to Old Trafford on the final day of the season.

Chelsea face the Potters tomorrow afternoon (Next day), then travel to Liverpool next weekend, before finishing their campaign off against Wigan at Stamford Bridge.

Ryan Giggs is clinging to the hope that one of those teams will do United a favour somewhere.

"We need a favour from someone," he said. "We need to win our next two games and ultimately we need someone to take points off Chelsea. Ultimately now the pressure is on Chelsea [to win their game against Stoke]."

 

Reds hail Nani's 'brilliance'

With ten minutes left and the scores locked at 1-1, Nani conjured a magical finish to haul United back in front and then won a penalty for Ryan Giggs to seal a 3-1 triumph.

The Portuguese winger's finish - likened to Lionel Messi's in the Champions League against Arsenal - came in a pressure situation, which only added to its audacity.

"I must say the finish was absolutely brilliant," Sir Alex told MUTV. "To have the audacity to try that at the stage of the game tells you about his courage.

"Not many players would have tried that, particularly from such a tight angle. It was fantastic - 10 out of 10 for doing it."

Ryan Giggs scored twice from the penalty spot - the second earned by Nani - and praised his younger team-mate for showing his "talent and temperament".

"With ten minutes to go and to be one-on-one with the goalkeeper, to chip it over him like that shows great confidence. But he’s the talent he has throughout the season. We were all pleased to see it go in, and he deserved it."