United visit their local rivals, live on Sky Sports 1, on Saturday lunchtime, with the club's injury crisis starting to ease. Rio Ferdinand, Louis Saha, Alan Smith and Patrice Evra could all be recalled, and Ferguson is weighing up changes after the midweek defeat to Milan. "We all know European games do take it out of you and, with the 12.45 kick-off, we will certainly have to consider that," said Ferguson on Sky Sports News. "There are some players who are available for that, in that respect - Rio Ferdinand, obviously, Louis Saha, Alan Smith, Patrice Evra, of course, is available after he was suspended on Wednesday. "We are just assessing what the players are like today. It's difficult to assess how players are after a European defeat, and also playing on Wednesday then a lunchtime kick-off. "The fact it's a derby game, it's difficult to assess what the right thing to do is as they all want to play in a derby game, so I will have to make good decisions on that. "At least for the first time in a few weeks there are some options to freshen it up if I want to." United could win the Premiership title this weekend, and Ferguson expects his players to recover from the humbling in the San Siro. He added: "Historically, in my time here, we have had bad defeats and have recovered very, very well. "No one likes to lose, particularly in the semi-final of a European tie. "The players know in a derby game that City will want to put one over us to try and prevent us from winning the league, but these are all things, in a way, that will make it a bigger incentive for us." | 欢迎光临 曼联在线·球迷地带 (http://www.imanutd.com/bbs/) | Powered by Discuz! 7.2 |