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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will travel to the United States to recover from his latest injury.

Rooney, 25, was elected the English player of the year last season. However, it is dropped from national hero to pariah in the last three months, after a hesitation waltz about her future and allegations of infidelity to his wife while she was pregnant.

Rooney having persuaded to abandon his threat to leave the club, Man U will send it to Portland, Oregon to train with the sponsor Nike, in conjunction with the ankle injury that keeps away now for three weeks .

Rooney left England on Saturday and will miss next three matches the team with a duel against Manchester City on Wednesday. His absence could be considered major (last season he scored 86 goals in 26 club in the Premiership) but did fly once in seven games this season. He was injured in a draw 2-2 at Bolton on 26 September.

Rooney fell in the esteem of fans of Man U two weeks ago when he threatened to leave the grounds, he said the club’s inability to compete in the transfer of elite players. He took over the capital of sympathy by signing a five-year contract, but has a ways to go to regain the affection of an audience that has made an idol since his hat trick in his first game with the team, to 18 years only.

Cristiano Ronaldo will return this weekend to the pitch after his two-match sanction. The Portuguese MARK attended, in an interview Friday that you can read your newspaper, and said he has already passed its controversial expulsion and thinks only of Chopin’s party.

Portuguese footballer wanted to remember, on the move with Mtiliga Malaga player, who did “nothing wrong” and neither had any intention of “doing harm”.

But ‘CR9′ has already forgotten the incident and wants to move on. To do this, nothing better than thinking about the next day’s League where Xerez visit to Madrid and Barcelona does the same with Atletico. Indeed, the Portuguese footballer admitted having asked Tiago and Simao who earn Barça.

In regard to the arbitration controversy raised in recent weeks, Ronaldo tried to defend the work of referees and praised the level that exists in Spain. “The referees in Spain are good, I do not think of harming anyone.”

The Portuguese also discussed the next round against Lyon, revealed what projects has in mind for when you stop being a player … that and other things that you enjoy your Friday with daily MARCA.

Manchester United at Old Trafford had the last word in the semifinal round of the Carling Cup by winning 3-1 at Manchester City, up the 2-1 the way he brought in his favor the City to seal their ticket to the Wembley final.

From the opening whistle it was a high-voltage derby in which the City was looking for his first final in the emblematic copera Stadium in London since the year 81. He denied United’s Ferguson, who played on February 28 tournament final against Aston Villa.

However, overall, the Red Devils, with England’s Wayne Rooney as a lone striker, had difficulty creating clear chances in the first half. The United printed more pressure on the eleventh day of Roberto Mancini, without Robinho, who is negotiating his departure from this entity to a Brazilian club, and that mood is translated into an offensive first goal for the hosts, who signed on 52 minutes English Paul Scholes, a pass from Michael Carrick.

The United regained his form and took the lead heading into the final. Carrick added to the lead on 71 minutes. And the reply came from a fighter Tevez, who moments later finished off a pass from Welshman Craig Bellamy to give hope to your team.

He could be. Tevez replication was aborted by an unstoppable Wayne Rooney, who said the last word and put in the last minute, his team in the final of the Carling with the third goal of the game.

Chelsea has merely a victory by the narrowest of margins on the bottom club Portsmouth (2-1) to take sole command of the English league Wednesday at the 17th day, which saw Arsenal stumble 1-1 to Burnley.

Provide the Blues three points their dolphin, Manchester United, Wolverhampton easy winner Tuesday (3-0), while Arsenal are now 8 points behind (with a game in hand) on the same line that Aston Villa, fourth , winner at Sunderland on Tuesday (2-0).

Chelsea was merely a victory by the narrowest of margins Wednesday.

After opening the scoring with a shot to the edge of the area of Cesc Fabregas (7), the Gunners have taken back a penalty from Graham Alexander whistled for a late tackle from Thomas Vermaelen on Andre Bikey (23). To make matters worse, Fabregas is out injured before the break (43).

Arsenal back in the title race after his victory Sunday at Liverpool (1-2) lost ground again and may even lucky, Burnley who found twice the amount.

But to maintain its capital, Chelsea, who had not won for four matches and his demonstration November 29 Arsenal (3-0), will find his level of play of the season. Nervous defense, the Blues have won the decision on a goal from Nicolas Anelka to receive a central defender Alex (23) and a penalty from Frank Lampard (79).

Liverpool wins at last

Sometimes laborious in the absence of Didier Drogba, Chelsea have yet yielded a set-piece when Frederic Piquionne, before his injury, has volleyed a ball pushed by the wall from a free kick (51). This is the 12th goal that Londoners concede on these phases since the beginning of the season.

Behind in the struggle for entry into the Top Four, Manchester City was still disappointed, fragile defensively challenged and beaten with a direct competitor Tottenham (3-0), 5th, which was marked by Niko Kranjcar (37, 90 + 3) and Jermain Defoe (54).

The “Citizens”, now 8th, will have to take if they want to enter the Big Four, their stated objective.

They are surpassed in rank by an amazing team of Birmingham, seventh, who Tuesday won its fifth consecutive victory at the expense of Blackburn (2-1) and Liverpool sixth.

Thanks to David Ngog (9) and Fernando Torres (79), which had started on the bench, the Reds have won at the expense of Wigan their second victory in seven league games, despite a goal from Charles Nzogbia cashed in late game (90 +2, 2-1).

Chelsea was merely a victory by the narrowest of margins Wednesday.

The international goalkeeper Dutch Manchester United, Edwin van der Sar was made of a broken finger and hand this week and will be absent from the land for eight weeks, revealed Wednesday on the club’s website.

Edwin Van der sar

Van der sar, 38, and will miss the Community Shield to Chelsea face Sunday and could miss up to the first eight matches of the championship, which begins August 15 and two Champions League.

Netherlands the doorman broke a finger and a bone in his left hand in pushing for the penalty Danijel Pranjic at MU’s victory in the face Bayern Munich (0-0, 6-7 to the tab) in pre-match season on July 30.

This injury is a hard blow for Manchester United. Last year, Van der Sar had successfully completed a superb season, breaking the European record of invincibility in n’encaissant no goal in the championship for 1311 minutes (14 meetings) between November 2008 and March 2009.

Ben Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak, the two other guards of the workforce, will therefore argue holder’s place pending the return of Van der sar.