Sir Alex Ferguson praised Wayne Rooney after the striker scored the winning goal to send Manchester United to Wembley. Rooney headed in a superb cross from Ryan Giggs deep into added time to give United a 4-3 win against Manchester City and set up a Carling Cup final date against Aston Villa. Ferguson told Sky Sports: “I thought Rooney was much better today than...

Rio Ferdinand partners Jonny Evans in defence for Manchester United’s Carling Cup semi final second leg against Manchester City. Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Nani, Rooney, Giggs. Subs: Kuszczak, Brown, Owen, Berbatov, Park, Vidic, Valencia. Man City: Given, Richards, Kompany, Boyata, Garrido,...

The FA are “looking into” Gary Neville’s one-fingered gesture towards Carlos Tevez. The Manchester United right-back was warming up on the touchline when Tevez celebrated his penalty which drew Manchester City level. On Wednesday, the FA confirmed that they will investigate the matter before considering to take any action.

Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Anderson and Ryan Giggs are back in the Manchester United team tonight for the Carling Cup tie against Manchester City. Man City: Given, Zabaleta, Richards, Boyata, Garrido, De Jong, Kompany, Barry, Wright-Phillips, Tevez, Bellamy. Subs: Taylor, Onuoha, Ireland, Robinho, Sylvinho, Petrov, Mwaruwari. Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Brown,...

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester City are now one of United’s main rivals. City are currently fifth in the Premier League and the Manchester United boss is aware of their emergence. “You have to recognise they are a competitor now,” said Ferguson. “We have had to wait a long time for it to be like that but they are obviously making a much...

Manchester United’s Carling Cup trip to rivals City tomorrow has been postponed due to the severe weather conditions that have swept across the country. Severe snowfall overnight covered Manchester and the game has been called off amid safety fears. Manchester City had been working United, Greater Manchester Police and the football league in an attempt to make sure...

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes believes Sir Alex Ferguson will be facing a dilemma when he decides his line-up for the Carling Cup semi-finals. United have opted to use the competition as a chance to give their young players some much needed first team experience in recent years. A decision that has proved to be merited last season as they secured victory over Tottenham...

Manchester United will face Manchester City in the Carling Cup semi-finals. City booked their place with a 3-0 win against a youthful Arsenal side to set up the Manchester derby. The first match will be played during the week commencing January 4, with the return clash at Old Trafford taking place two weeks later. In the other leg, Aston Villa will take on Blackburn Rovers.