‘Sir Alex Ferguson's problems intensified last night when it emerged he may have to play Ryan Giggs at left-back in Sunday's Manchester derby because an injury to Roy Keane has left his defensive resources threadbare.
‘Keane has been deputising at centre-half and unless he recovers from a hamstring strain Ferguson will have only three defenders available in John O'Shea, Wes Brown and Phil Neville. Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville are suspended and Eric Djemba-Djemba, playing at right-back in training, has joined Quinton Fortune and Mikaël Silvestre on the injured list.’