Sir Alex Ferguson has outlined United's aims to follow up the
weekend win at Chelsea by knocking the Londoners out of the Capital One
Cup.
Although the competition may not be viewed by some
as a priority for the Reds, the club have enjoyed an excellent record in
recent years and it enables the boss to hand game-time to fringe
members of his squad and promising youngsters.
With another huge
Barclays Premier League encounter to come in an early kick-off on
Saturday, against an Arsenal side buoyed by the remarkable 7-5 win at
Reading, there will be changes but the manager is clear on his
objective.
"Obviously, we'll make changes for Wednesday," he informed MUTV.
"The squad that played against Newcastle will be in place again. I
think I will make some changes there but not a lot as we don't want to
lose down there anyway. We want to continue in the Cup but there will
still be some changes."
The fourth round tie looks like coming too soon for defenders Chris Smalling and Phil Jones.
"Chris
has been doing training with us back on the football side of it and
we'll try and push him on quickly," added Sir Alex. "But I don't think
he'll make the midweek game at Chelsea, although I'm sure he'll be ready
for the following week.
"Phil Jones maybe needs another week on the physical part before he can train with us but the good news is he's not far away."
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