Man Utd boss Ferguson says Rooney missed Blackburn defeat due to injury

01 Jan 2012

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists Wayne Rooney missed their defeat toBlackburn Rovers due to injury.

United lost 3-2 yesterday.

Asked about Rooney’s absence, Fergie said “Wayne hasn’t trained well all week. He’s missed a few days, but was due to train today and tomorrow and will hopefully be back for Newcastle.

“He has got little strains here and there.”

Fergie went on: “We never expected that. We have ­conceded three terrible goals and you can’t do that against a team that are fighting for their lives.

“At 2-2, I thought we were going to win it.”